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Is 才 / ~さい just to be used for people’s age?
Can it also be used for objects? e.g. this table is 10 years old
After having learned the kanji 才, and the vocab to be “years old”, I assumed that’s how you you say “someone is ~~~ years old”. After writing a journal on Lang-8, I forgot to use 才 when saying my age. When I got some corrections, I noticed people using the kanji 歳. That also means years old. On the Tofugu counters guide, koichi uses 歳 too:
http://www.tofugu.com/guides/japanese-counters-guide/
It would be great if someone could clear this up.
i think 才 is used only when handwriting “years old” and for kids to use because it’s easier. The more common kanji for “years old” is 歳 though.
=^..^=Thanks zelda. Koichi should state this in future so other people don’t get confused.
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