Memory phrase for the character: 歳

歳

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Meaning

year, year of age

Pronunciation

SAI, SEI

Explanation

From top: to stop 止, var. of halberd 戈, var. of show/altar 示

Mnemonic

I stop at the altar with the halberd (as a gift). I do that every year.

Radicals

止	to stop	At top the picture of a left foot and at bottom a limiting line. "The foot stands at the line 一 and stops."
戈	halberd, spear, lance	This radical kanohoko* stands for halberd and is rather similar to the sabre shikigamae 弋 Other radicals with weapons are: 矛殳斤*
礻	to show, altar	The radical shimesu* is a simplification of "to show" 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.*

Vocabulary

万歳	ばんざい	10 thousand years
二十歳	にじゅっさい	20 years old
二十歳	はたち	20 years old, 20th year

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