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年

year
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingネン
Kun readingとし
JōyōGrade 1
  1. age
  2. years
  3. past one's prime
  4. old age

Popular Usage

去年今年毎年来年一昨年さ来年万年筆少年青年学年再来年青少年

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sign of the horse · sunglasses

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1114

Compound words

去年きょねん
last year
来年らいねん
next year
今年ことし
this year
毎年まいとし
every year; yearly; annually
万年筆まんねんひつ
fountain pen
一昨年おととし
year before last
少年しょうねん
boy; juvenile; child
青年せいねん
youth; young man
学年がくねん
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
再来年さらいねん
year after next
青少年せいしょうねん
young people; youth; the younger generation
生年月日せいねんがっぴ
birth date; date of birth; DOB
元年がんねん
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
越年えつねん
seeing the old year out; greeting the New Year; passing the winter; hibernation; playing more than the usual 12 rounds in one game
往年おうねん
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
何年なんねん
how many years; how long; what year
近年きんねん
recent years
光年こうねん
light-year
昨年さくねん
last year
周年しゅうねん
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
新年しんねん
New Year
数年すうねん
several years; a few years
成年せいねん
adult age; majority
前年ぜんねん
the preceding year; the previous year; last year

Stroke Order

6 strokes

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