二十歳

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
二 十 歳
Grade: 1 Grade: 1 Grade: S

From Old Japanese はたち (“twenty items”).

Noun

二十歳 (hiragana はたち, rōmaji hatachi)

  1. twenty years old

Usage notes

Twenty is the age of majority in Japan.

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
二 十 歳
に
Grade: 1		 じゅっ
Grade: 1		 さい
Grade: S

From 二十 (nijū, “twenty”) +‎ 歳 (sai, “year”).

Noun

二十歳 (hiragana にじゅっさい, rōmaji nijussai)

  1. twenty years old

Usage notes

Jōyō kanji recognized only じゅう (jū) and じっ (ji') as readings of 十 until 2010, even though the latter is actually pronounced じゅっ (ju') today and NHK accepted it already in 1966.

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