歳
歳 — Year-end
year-end, age, occasion, opportunity
On’yomiサイ (sai)
On’yomiセイ (sei)
Kun’yomiとし (toshi)
Kun’yomiとせ (tose)
Kun’yomiよわい (yowai)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 歳
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歳出 | さいしゅつ saishutsu | annual expenditure (of a state, organization, etc.) |
| 歳入 | さいにゅう sainyuu | annual revenue (government); annual income (government); budget receipts |
| 歳月 | さいげつ saigetsu | time; years |
| 歳暮 | せいぼ seibo | year-end gift; end of the year; year end |
| 万歳 | ばんざい banzai | banzai; hurray; hurrah |
| 歳末 | さいまつ saimatsu | year end |
Study notes
歳 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #269 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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