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岁 (traditional: 歲) originally depicted a harvesting weapon, linking its meaning to the annual agricultural cycle and the passage of a full year. Its traditional form combines the walking component 步 with the phonetic component 戌 (the eleventh earthly branch). The simplified version places the mountain radical 山 above the evening component 夕. The character primarily signifies a year, the age of living beings, and the passage of time, serving as the standard unit for measuring a person's chronological age.
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我今年五岁。
妹妹三岁了吗？
岁月过得真快。
岁末我们常聚会。
这孩子周岁生日到了。
随着年龄增长，我懂了更多。
在岁月的长河中，我们不断学习。
尽管岁月变迁，他的初心未改。