才, 材. オ. 歳.
才能, 才気, 才女, 才子, 才人, 才覚, 才力. 財 (which Henshall says a bit dubiously is composed of both shells/money 貝 and, ideographically and phonetically, a dam 才).
Talent meets age. Maybe in this case of age it's just a tl;dw ("too long; didn't write") form of 歳, with the cross-stroke recalling 戈 (and maybe 矛). Or is there a connection between age/experience and increasing aptitude/capability?
Of course, similarity in structure, appearance, feel, or sound doesn't necessarily mean any type of thing.
(The image is of spears/pikes 矛, from the Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo 島根県・立古代・出雲・歴史・博物館. 才, 弋, and 矛 all seem to involve weaponry, be it spears, halberds, or bows.)
才弾ける? (a snapping string? 琴を弾く? 引く? 弾ける? 弾傷?)
Will have to suss out all this.
(Learning a lot from Duolingo and spending a lot of time asking questions on the message boards there. Doesn't hold a candle to studying with 先生, but better to stay engaged than not to!)
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