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Strokes

年

year, counter for years

JLPTN5School grade1Strokes6Frequency#6
Kun
としtoshie.g.年としyear
On
ネンnene.g.毎年まいねんevery year

Kun is the Japanese reading, used when the kanji stands alone with kana after it. On comes from Chinese and is mostly used in compound words.

Radical
干dry
Parts
  • 干dry
  • 一one

Used in words

  • 年(とし)
    year
  • 今
    今年(ことし)
    this year
  • 毎
    毎年(まいねん)
    every year
  • 来年(らいねん)
    next year
  • 去
    去年(きょねん)
    last year
  • ~
    ~年(ねん)
    years
  • 万年筆(まんねんひつ)
    fountain pen
  • さ
    さ来年(らいねん)
    year after next

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