岁
classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,407 U+5C81
How 岁 is formed
How to remember it
years of age · Heisig RSH #691
山 mountain + 夕 evening
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 岁 as their sound component
These characters all use 岁 (suì) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 岁 sound component | suì | year; years old, age; harvest |
| 秽 | huì | dirty, unclean; immoral, obscene |
| 哕 | yuě | to belch; to vomit |
| 刿 | guì | to cut, to injure, to stab; to stick on |
Words containing 岁
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 百岁老人 | bǎi suì lǎo rén | centenarian |
| 岁月如流 | suì yuè rú liú | the passage of the years; the flow of time |
| 长命百岁 | cháng mìng bǎi suì | (idiom) to live to be a hundred years old (often used as a blessing or wish for longevity) |
| 安太岁 | ān Tài suì | to propitiate the god of the current year, Tai Sui 太歲|太岁[Tai4 sui4] |
| 日久岁深 | rì jiǔ suì shēn | (idiom) for a long period of time; for a number of years |
| 岁岁平安 | suì suì píng ān | May you have peace year after year (New Year's greeting) |
| 岁出 | suì chū | annual expenditure |
| 岁数 | suì shu | age (number of years old) |
| 岁时 | suì shí | season; time of the year |
| 压岁钱 | yā suì qián | money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve |
| 年岁 | nián suì | years of age; age |
| 同岁 | tóng suì | to be the same age |
| 岁入 | suì rù | annual revenue; annual income |
| 实岁 | shí suì | one's age (calculated as years from birth); contrasted with 虛歲|虚岁[xu1 sui4] |
| 岁月 | suì yuè | years; time |
| 太岁 | Tài suì | Tai Sui, God of the year; archaic name for the planet Jupiter 木星[Mu4 xing1]; nickname for … |
| 万岁 | wàn suì | Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty |
| 岁计 | suì jì | annual budget |
| 足岁 | zú suì | one's age (calculated as years from birth); contrasted with 虛歲|虚岁[xu1 sui4] |
| 周岁 | zhōu suì | one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday) |