Translingual
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For pronunciation and definitions of 歳 – see 歲 (“Jupiter; year; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 歲). |
Japanese
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歳
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- year
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Usage notes
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Often abbreviated to much simpler 才, for example in 何才 (“how old?”), or 1才 (“1 year old”), as opposed to 何歳 (“how old?”), 1歳 (“1 year old”). The phrase "twenty years old" (二十歳) uses jukujikun reading and pronounced はたち (hatachi) using the tradition Japanese counter tsu/chi. Similar native-Japanese readings for “thirty years old” and beyond also occur more rarely.
Etymology 1
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Alternative spelling
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歲 (kyūjitai)
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For pronunciation and definitions of 歳 – see the following entry.
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【とし】
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- [noun] (obsolete) grain, particularly rice
- [noun] (obsolete) a grain harvest, a grain crop
- [noun] a year
- [noun] age
- [noun] (specifically) used to describe the age of someone who should not do things inappropriate for their age
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(This term, 歳, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 2
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Alternative spellings
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歲 (kyūjitai) 才
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From Middle Chinese 歳. First attested in Japanese in the early 800s.[1]
Pronunciation
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歳 or 歳 • (-sai)
- [from early 800s] -year-old
- 十四歳
- jūyon sai
- fourteen years old
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