How to write 歲

歲 suì Noun 1. Jupiter; the "year star." (Example: 歲星，即木星) 2. A year; one year is considered one age. Before the Zhou Dynasty, years were referred to as "歲," taken to mean the cycle of the year star's revolution. It later evolved into a general term for year. (Example: 一年為一歲) 3. Time; months and years. (Example: 光陰，年月) 4. Age; years of life. (Example: 年歲，年齡) 5. One's lifetime. (Example: 一生) 6. A measure word used to denote age, such as "a three-year-old child." (Example: 三歲的孩子) 7. The agricultural yield of a year; sometimes indicates harvest. (Example: 年景，一年的農業收穫) 8. A surname. (Example: 明河南鄧州有歲氏) 同本義: Jupiter. 引: 歲，木星也。 (According to "Sayings") 例: 歲君 (referring to Jupiter as the "Great Year"). 年齡: Age. 引: 年十二歲。 (According to "Records of the Grand Historian") 例: 三歲小孩 (a three-year-old child). 歲月; 時光: Time. 引: 日月逝矣，歲不我與。 (According to "The Analects") 例: 歲光 (time, years). 年景: Harvest for the year. 引: 國人望君，如望歲焉。 (According to "Zuo Tradition") 例: 豐歲 (good harvest year); 欠歲 (poor harvest year). 新年: New Year; beginning of the year. 例: 歲旦 (first day of the lunar new year).