# 歳 — Years Old

Frequency rank 295 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 存 (Exist), less common than 常 (Normal).

- On’yomi: さい
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 止 Stop (Kangxi 77)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX
- Strokes: 13

His Stop-foot slams the crossing paint, the grit Slides it out from under him, and the Few teeth that land in the white line are the only way the medics can tell how many Years Old he was.

In words:

- 歳 さい — #NAME?
- 二十歳 はたち — 20 years old,20th year
- 万歳 ばんざい — hurrah, cheers

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