What does the kanji 年 mean?

Memory hook

A person carrying home the harvest, one harvest for each year — YEAR.

Main radical

Built from

• 丿left-falling stroke 1 strokes
• 一one 1 strokes
• 干dry 3 strokes
• 乞stroke shape, no meaning of its own 2 strokes

Stroke order · 6 strokes

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6

Common words

• 年としyear, age
• 今年ことしthis year
• 去年きょねんlast year
• さ来年さらいねんthe year after next

More words with this kanji

• 来年らいねんnext year
• 毎年まいとしevery year
• 万年筆まんねんひつfountain pen
• ～年～ねんcounter for years
• 半年はんとしhalf a year
• 少年しょうねんboy, young boy
• 年中ねんじゅうall year round, always
• 年代ねんだいera, decade
• 年鑑ねんかんyearbook, almanac
• 年間ねんかんa year, a period of years
• 年齢ねんれいage
• 成年せいねんage of majority, adulthood
• 青年せいねんyouth, young man
• 年寄りとしよりelderly person
• 生年月日せいねんがっぴdate of birth
• 中年ちゅうねんmiddle-aged
• 学年がくねんschool year, grade level
• 年度ねんどfiscal year, academic year
• 年数ねんすうnumber of years (of experience, use)
• 年配ねんぱいmiddle-aged, elderly
• 青少年せいしょうねんyouth, young people
• ～年生～ねんせい-year student, grade (suffix)
• 一昨年いっさくねんthe year before last
• 元年がんねんfirst year of an era