About
The character "岁", traditionally written as 歲, finds its origins in early agricultural societies where it was associated with annual harvest rituals, a connection reflected in its structural components of 步, denoting steps or progression, and 戌, representing a type of blade used in ceremonial sacrifices. This literal tie to a specific seasonal event gradually expanded into the abstract measurement of a solar year, as the concept of completing a cyclical progression became synonymous with the passage of time. Over the centuries, the character's meaning further extended to encompass human age, while its written form experienced significant simplification, resulting in the contemporary variant 岁 that retains the original semantic core through a radically streamlined graphical representation.
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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。