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歳 = 止 + 小 + 戌
歳 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “year-end”. It is built from 止 (stop), 小 (little) and 戌 (march). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 551.
- Keyword
- year-end
- RTK frame
- 551
- Strokes
- 13
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- サイ, セイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- とし, とせ, よわい
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- конец года
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 歳 year
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 歳 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “stop” + “little” + “march”. 歳 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 歳 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.