How to write 岁 (suì, “classifier for years”)
岁 (suì), an HSK 1 character, means “classifier for years”, “year” and “year”. The traditional form is 歲, 13 strokes instead of 6. On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 压岁钱 (“money given to children”), 岁月 (“years”) and 岁数 (“age (number of years old)”).
- Pinyin
- suì
- Strokes
- 6
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 山 (“mountain”)
- Traditional
- 歲
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
As a top-bottom character it splits into 山 (“mountain”, the radical), strokes 1–3; 夕 (“sunset”), strokes 4–6, written the top first.
- topdownwards → down and left
- top leftdownwards → rightwards
- top rightdownwards
- topdown and left
- centerrightwards → down and left
- leftdown and right
Traditional form
- Simplified
- 岁 · 6 strokes
- Traditional
- 歲 · 13 strokes · see its strokes
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| suì fourth tone | classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests) | 歲 | 压岁钱 岁月 岁数 周岁 |
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- Words with it
- 48 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 岁
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 岁 歲 | suì | classifier for years; year HSK 1 |
| 压岁钱 壓歲錢 | yāsuìqián | money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve HSK 5 |
| 岁月 歲月 | suìyuè | years; time HSK 6 |
| 岁数 歲數 | suìshu | age (number of years old) HSK 6 |
| 周岁 週歲 | zhōusuì | one full year HSK 7-9 |
| 几岁 幾歲 | jǐsuì | how old are you? (familiar, or to a child) |
| 去岁 去歲 | qùsuì | last year |
| 同岁 同歲 | tóngsuì | to be the same age |
| 岁出 歲出 | suìchū | annual expenditure |
| 岁时 歲時 | suìshí | season; time of the year |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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