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Kanji Detail for 年 - "year, age, annual"

  • Meaning

    年 means "year, age, annual."

    1. Year - Twelve months; one annual cycle.

    2. Age - One's years of life.

    3. Harvest - The ripening of crops; how well the harvest turned out.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    year; counter for years

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    year; new-years; person's age

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Nian

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    year; anniversary; a person's age

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A year. 年 was originally the name for ripened grain. Since grain ripens once yearly, it became the name for a year. In calendrics, the earth orbiting the sun once is one year. | Age. Meaning one's years. | In the imperial examination era, those who passed together were called 同年. Their social relations were called 年誼.
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Sentences including

  • He's been having trouble with back pain for years.

  • Will you go to america next year?

  • The boy drew a picture on the wall.

  • He is as tall as any boy in his class.

  • Jane came to our town three years ago.

  • It is colder this year than last year.

  • The boy fanned himself with his hat.

  • Tom is too honest a boy to tell a lie.

  • Their garden is full of very beautiful flowers all the year round.

  • It is ten years since i came to live in shizuoka.

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