Memory phrase for the Kanji: 歳

歳

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Meaning year, year of age

Pronunciation

SAI, SEI

Explanation

From top: 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 stopAt top the picture of a left foot and at bottom a limiting line. "The foot stands at the line and stops."
戈 halberd, spear, lanceThis 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, altarThe radical shimesu is a simplification of show 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.
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 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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