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年

JLPT N5 SL1 6 strokes Frequency: #5

Meanings

year

Radicals

干

Decomposition

⿻干？

Etymology

Ideographic: A man 干 carrying grain, representing the annual harvest

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 6

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left

2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

4 vertical top-to-bottom

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 vertical right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ネン nen

Used in compound words

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

とし toshi

Standalone

Words Using This Kanji

834 words total

ネン (4 words)

来年らいねん

next year / the coming year

近年きんねん

recent years / these days

年までにねんまでに

before the year ...

六箇年ろっかねん

six years / a six-year period

とし (19 words)

年とし

year

今年ことし

this year / the current year

年が年としがとし

considering this age

年ごととしごと

every year

年をとるとしをとる

to grow old

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Other (811 words)

年々ねんねん

year by year

年が年としがとし

considering this age

年ぶりねんぶり

after an interval of ... years

カ年かねん

counter for years

いい年いいとし

mature age

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