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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 (14 words)

何年なんねん

how many years

いい年をしていいとしをして

(in spite of) being old enough to know better

(period of) one year

annual

all year round

year of the Boar

one year

one full year

(a) year or two

year of the Hare

year of the Ox

long period of time

longevity

seeing the old year out

ネン (1 words)

年までにねんまでに

before the year ...

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