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The traditional character "歲" incorporates the component "步", conveying a sense of progression, and "戌", associated with cyclical designation, originally referring to the annual harvest cycle in agricultural society. Its meaning gradually generalized to signify any year and later extended to denote a person's age. The simplified form "岁" structurally presents "山" above "夕", a configuration that emerged from abbreviated cursive forms, and it maintains the same semantic range encompassing both the year and age concepts.
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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。