This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: サイ、セイ、とし、とせ、よわい
Romaji: sai, sei, toshi, tose, yowai
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Romaji

Meanings

year-end, age, occasion, opportunity

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  77
Frequency:  269
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-4-9
Korean Reading:  se
Chinese Reading:  sui4
Unicode:  6b73
JIS:  3A50

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2490
Nelson Index: 2434
New Nelson Index: 2962
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4n9.5
Four Corner Index: 2125.3
Guide to Remembering Index: 1294
Gakken Index: 550
Japanese Names Index: 1995
Daikanwanjiten Index: 16326P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0717
Remembering the kanji Index: 512
Kanji Flashcards Index: 653
Kodansha Compact Index: 1131
Kanji in Context Index: 703
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1605
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2190
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 394
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 551
Essential Kanji Index: 1418
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3131
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1259
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1636

Words

(とし)
year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age
(とせ)
counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)
歳月 (さいげつ、としつき)
time; years
歳出 (さいしゅつ)
annual expenditure
万歳 (まんざい)
door-to-door comedic duo
(さい)
-years-old; ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius
千年 (せんねん、ちとせ、せんざい)
millennium; one thousand years; long time
歳入 (さいにゅう)
annual revenue (government); annual income (government); budget receipts
歳時記 (さいじき)
almanac of seasonal words (for haiku poets)
万歳 (ばんざい、ばんぜい)
crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture); something worthy of celebration; giving up; long time; eternal life (and prosperity); banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray)
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