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<WL>岁(F歲) [suì] year/age; years old (年岁, 岁数); 万岁 long life; 岁星 Jupiter@@  [suò] cf. 歲
 
<WL>岁(F歲) [suì] year/age; years old (年岁, 岁数); 万岁 long life; 岁星 Jupiter@@  [suò] cf. 歲
 
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The full-form character 歲(􀑹) suì ‘(planet) Jupiter; year/age’ combines 步(􀑸) bù ‘step’, cut in half by 戌(􂧏) xū (phonetic); the planet Jupiter (木星) completes its orbit (steps through, transits all 28 Lunar Mansions) in 12 years (2/5 the orbit of Saturn); in one year Jupiter completes 1/12 of its orbit, and 12 is the number of months in the year; hence the very old associations between Jupiter and year.
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The simple-form character 岁 (6 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 歲 (13 strokes), replacing the upper full-form component 止 (4 strokes) with 山 (3 strokes), and the lower part with 夕 (3 strokes).
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Note: In the full form 歲 the lower part is ⿵戌𣥂 (9 strokes), not 烕 or 戚 (see below).
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 歲(􀑹) suì ‘(planet) Jupiter; year/age’ combines 步(􀑸) bù ‘step’ (cut in half), with 戌(􂧏) xū (phonetic); the planet Jupiter (木星) completes its orbit (steps through, transits all 28 Lunar Mansions) in 12 years (2/5 the orbit of Saturn); in one year Jupiter completes 1/12 of its orbit, and 12 is the number of months in the year; hence the very old associations between Jupiter and year.
 
Note: Different ‘year’ words arose in different historical periods: (夏) 歲, (商) 祀, (周) 年, (唐虞) 載.
 
Note: Different ‘year’ words arose in different historical periods: (夏) 歲, (商) 祀, (周) 年, (唐虞) 載.
In the simple form 岁, the full-form top part 止 is abbrev. to a shape like 山 (mountain/high), and the whole lower part is replaced by a shape like 夕 (crescent moon): tracking the 12 years of Jupiter's orbit involves 多 many moons of mountaintop astronomical observation; 止/山 substitution occurs in other old 岁/歲 forms (嵗, 𡻕, , 㞸).
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Note: In the simple form 岁, the full-form top part 止 (upper half of 步) is abbrev. to a shape like 山 (mountain/high), and the whole lower part ⿵戌𣥂 (9 strokes) is replaced by a shape like 夕 (crescent moon), rather like the inner part 𣥂 (lower half of 步): tracking the 12 years of Jupiter's orbit involves 多 many moons of mountaintop astronomical observation; 止/山 substitution occurs in other old 岁/歲 forms (嵗/𡻕//㞸).
 
Compare: 梦/夢(􁊝) mèng ‘dream’; 武(􂍤) wǔ ‘military/martial arms/arts/force’.
 
Compare: 梦/夢(􁊝) mèng ‘dream’; 武(􂍤) wǔ ‘military/martial arms/arts/force’.
 
Compare: 威(􂉣) wēi ‘threaten/menace’; 灭/滅(􁮼烕􁾄) miè ‘destroy’; 咸(􀎣) xián ‘all’
 
Compare: 威(􂉣) wēi ‘threaten/menace’; 灭/滅(􁮼烕􁾄) miè ‘destroy’; 咸(􀎣) xián ‘all’

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