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年 – year, counter for years
6 strokesTaught in grade 1#6 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary
The kanji 年 means year, counter for years. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ネン (nen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is とし (toshi). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 干 (no. 51).
Stroke order
Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.
Readings
| Type | Reading | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| On’yomi | ネン | nen |
| Kun’yomi | とし | toshi |
A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.
Radical and components
Radical: 干 (Kangxi radical 51). Components: ノ・一・干・乞.
Words using 年
年としyear年ねんyear去年きょねんlast year今年ことしthis year毎年まいねんevery year来年らいねんnext yearさ来年さらいねんyear after next万年筆まんねんひつfountain pen少年しょうねんboy青年せいねんyouth年月としつきmonths and years年寄としよりold person年間ねんかん(period of) a year年月ねんげつmonths and years年中ねんじゅうwhole year年代ねんだいage年齢ねんれいage成年せいねんadult age年鑑ねんかんyearbook生年月日せいねんがっぴbirth date年生ねんせいnth-year student学年がくねんacademic year中年ちゅうねんmiddle-age年度ねんどfiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan)
Example sentences
Kanji with the same radical
Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.