岁 — years old
- Pinyin
- suì
- Strokes
- 6
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Handwriting
- required
How to write 岁: 6 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.
Words with 岁 in the HSK syllabus: 5
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 岁suìyears oldHSK 1
- 压岁钱yāsuìqiánmoney given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's EveHSK 5
- 岁数suìshuageHSK 6
- 岁月suìyuèyears; timeHSK 6
- 周岁zhōusuìone full yearHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.