Chinese Character 歲 Meanings and components.

Form

歲

Meaning

歲 meaning[3] in English

Classifier For Years (Of Age).

Year.

Year (Of Crop Harvests).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 歲 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are to stop (止) , fifth of the … (戊) , and few (少)

Its radical[1] is: 止 (zhi3) which means: To Stop, To Prohibit, Until, Only, .止zhi3to stop

In cangjie it is written with YMIHH

How to write 歲

To write歲sui4classifier for … you should write a combination of 止zhi3to stop , 戊wu4fifth of … 少shao3few arranged in a 吕 shape:

止 + 戊 + 少 = 歲

歲 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 歲 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 歲, looks as follow:

歲
Pinyin:sui4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Classifier For Years (Of Age) . Year . Year (Of Crop Harvests)
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only
戊
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Fifth Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Fifth In Order . Letter 'E' Or Roman 'V' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Penta
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
少
Pinyin:shao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Few . Less . To Lack . To Be Missing . To Stop (Doing Sth) . Seldom
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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