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年 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「干」

道
10Elementary year 1 ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「干」
On
ネンねん · nen
Kun
としtoshi
Meaning
year

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Stroke-order animation, origin, compounds and an example in 60 seconds.

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A person carrying ripe grain (禾) — one harvest cycle is a year.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onネンねんnen年代ねんだい少年しょうねん豊年ほうねん
Kunとしtoshi年ねん年子としご年寄りとしより

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 一年いちねん

    one year

  • 年とし

    year, age

More words with this kanji

  • 今年ことし
  • 半年はんとし
  • 来年らいねん
  • 少年しょうねん
  • 光年こうねん
  • 新年しんねん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

あたらしい 年(とし)が きました。

A new year has come.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

一年年一one干to dry平flat幵level幸happin…帚broom拈to twi…念though…粘sticky捻twist然so
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