漢字道KANJIDO

6 strokesRadical

10Elementary year 16 strokesRadical
On
ネン
Kun
とし
Meaning
year

Origin

ORIGIN

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

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

ネン年代・少年・豊年
とし年・年子・年寄り

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 一年いちねん

    one year

  • とし

    year, age

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

新しい 年が きました。

A new year has come.

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