岁

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classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,408 U+5C81

components: 山夕

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

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)