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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

835 words total
Other (20 words)
満一年 まんいちねん

one full year

未丁年 みていねん

below adult age

巳年 みどし

year of the Snake

未成年者 みせいねんしゃ

minor

未年 ひつじどし

year of the Sheep

厄年 やくどし

unlucky year

幼年 ようねん

childhood

養老年金 ようろうねんきん

old age pension

翌年 よくねん

following year

来年 らいねん

next year

来る年 くるとし

the coming year

例年 れいねん

average (normal, ordinary) year

例年祭 れいねんさい

annual festival

暦年度 れきねんど

calendar year

歴年齢 れきねんれい

chronological age

一昨年 おととし

year before last

一年 いちねん

one year

旧年 きゅうねん

the old year

弱年者 じゃくねんしゃ

youngster

加年 かねん

adding years

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