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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)

石の上にも三年いしのうえにもさんねん

perseverance prevails

新年おめでとうしんねんおめでとう

Happy New Year

新年おめでとうございますしんねんおめでとうございます

Happy New Year

中高年者ちゅうこうねんしゃ

the middle-aged and the elderly

定年離婚ていねんりこん

divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (brought on by retirement of the husband)

熟年離婚じゅくねんりこん

divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (often brought on by retirement of the husband)

年齢差別ねんれいさべつ

age discrimination

年相応としそうおう

age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)

一年の計は元旦にありいちねんのけいはがんたんにあり

the whole year's plans should be made on New Year's Day

年増美人としまびじん

woman of mature beauty

定年退職通知書ていねんたいしょくつうちしょ

notification for compulsory retirement

熟年夫婦じゅくねんふうふ

middle-aged couple

少年老い易く学成り難ししょうねんおいやすくがくなりがたし

study hard while you are young

放射性炭素年代測定ほうしゃせいたんそねんだいそくてい

radiocarbon dating

法定年齢ほうていねんれい

legal age

越年蝶おつねんちょう

eastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)

perennation

radiometric age

last year of school

geological time

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