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The kanji 歳: meaning, readings and stroke order

歳

Meaning
age, year
On reading
サイ sai、セイ* sei
Kun reading
—
Strokes
13
Radical
止 stop
Level
Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Stroke order of 歳, 13 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
tuổi, năm (tuế)
Japanese
とし。なんさいの さい。
Korean
살, 해 (세)
Chinese
岁、年 (岁)

Readings, words and example sentences

サイ sai · on reading

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

Practise writing 歳 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 歳 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 7 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.