JLPT N3 · 13 strokes
Kanji 歳: "year-end, age, occasion"
The kanji 歳 means "year-end, age, occasion, opportunity". It is written with 13 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read サイ, セイ in on'yomi and とし, とせ, よわい in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
サイセイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
としとせよわい
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | year-end, age, occasion, opportunity |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 13 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 269 of 2,501 |
Common words with 歳
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 歳... years old; age (of) ...
- 万歳banzai; hurray; hurrah; hooray · something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration
- 何歳how old; what age
- 歳月time; years
- ２０歳20 years old · twenty
- 万々歳matter for great congratulation
- 千歳thousand years; millennium; eternity
- 歳未満under ... years of age; less than ... years old
- 歳差(phenomenon of) precession of the equinoxes
- お歳暮year-end gift · end of the year; year end
- 万歳三唱three cheers
- ０歳under 1 year old (of a baby); 0 years old
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