6 strokes13 strokes
Character #272 · The First 1000
岁 (歲) suì meaning: age(years)
years old; classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
- Strokes
- 613
- TraditionalSimplified
- 歲 岁
- Poster cell
- T10
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02 练习纸
Free printable · One page
Practice writing 岁歲
Write 岁歲 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, suì, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.
Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet 03 千字海报
04 问答
Quick answers
- What does 岁 mean in English?
- 岁 (suì) means "age(years)": years old; classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests).
- How do you pronounce 岁?
- 岁 is pronounced suì in pinyin, with the fourth (falling) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄙㄨㄟˋ.
- How many strokes does 岁 have?
- The simplified form, 岁, has 6 strokes. The traditional form, 歲, has 13.
- What is the traditional form of 岁?
- The traditional form of 岁 is 歲. 岁 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 歲 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
- What are common words with 岁?
- Common words that use 岁 include 岁月 (suìyuè, years), 岁数 (suìshu, age (number of years old)), 万岁 (wànsuì, Long live!), 周岁 (zhōusuì, one full year).
- How common is 岁?
- 岁 is number 272 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell T10 of The First 1000 poster.
Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.