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年 とし year 5 6 6 51 かん・いちじゅう・ほす・ひる・たてかん 会意 Compound Ideographic A horse wears a pair of sunglasses with one lens popped out after a particularly raucous celebration to ring in the New Year.

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ネン ね 一昨年(おととし): year before last毎年(まいねん): every year; yearly; annually年月(ねんげつ): months and years年間(ねんかん): year (period of)来年(らいねん): next year今年(ことし): this year少年(しょうねん): boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad年(とし): (1) year (2) many years (3) age (4) past one's prime; old age年齢(ねんれい): age; years青年(せいねん): youth; young man年度(ねんど): (1) fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year (2) academic year; school year (3) product year年寄り(としより): (1) old people; the aged (2) sumo coaches定年(ていねん): (1) retirement age (2) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion年代(ねんだい): age; era; period; date中年(ちゅうねん): middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years学年(がくねん): year in school; grade in school去年(きょねん): last year晩年(ばんねん): (one's) last years年中(ねんじゅう): (1) whole year; all year round; throughout the year (2) always; all the time (3) middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)成年(せいねん): adult age; majority万年筆(まんねんひつ): fountain pen生年月日(せいねんがっぴ): birth date年賀(ねんが): New Year's greetings; New Year's card年生(ねんせい): pupil in ... year; student in ... year青少年(せいしょうねん): youth; young person元年(がんねん): first year (of a specific reign)年号(ねんごう): name of an era; year number再来年(さらいねん): year after next年輪(ねんりん): annual tree ring年長(ねんちょう): seniority年頃(としごろ): (1) approximate age; apparent age (2) marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of independence; age of adulthood (3) (after modifying phrase) appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...) (4) for some years年鑑(ねんかん): yearbook; almanac; annual同い年(おないどし): the same age年(ねん): (1) year (e.g. AD) (2) counter for years 1 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4)干: dry; parch 干 3 (none) year A horse wears a monocle for New Years to appear dignified for the year of the horse. ――one lens = monocle, you will encounter this again in kanji like descend (#1308).

Kanji	年
Onyomi	ネン
Kunyomi	とし
Nanori	ね
English	year
Examples	一昨年(おととし): year before last 毎年(まいねん): every year; yearly; annually 年月(ねんげつ): months and years 年間(ねんかん): year (period of) 来年(らいねん): next year 今年(ことし): this year 少年(しょうねん): boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad 年(とし): (1) year (2) many years (3) age (4) past one's prime; old age 年齢(ねんれい): age; years 青年(せいねん): youth; young man 年度(ねんど): (1) fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year (2) academic year; school year (3) product year 年寄り(としより): (1) old people; the aged (2) sumo coaches 定年(ていねん): (1) retirement age (2) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion 年代(ねんだい): age; era; period; date 中年(ちゅうねん): middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years 学年(がくねん): year in school; grade in school 去年(きょねん): last year 晩年(ばんねん): (one's) last years 年中(ねんじゅう): (1) whole year; all year round; throughout the year (2) always; all the time (3) middle class (of a nursery school, etc.) 成年(せいねん): adult age; majority 万年筆(まんねんひつ): fountain pen 生年月日(せいねんがっぴ): birth date 年賀(ねんが): New Year's greetings; New Year's card 年生(ねんせい): pupil in ... year; student in ... year 青少年(せいしょうねん): youth; young person 元年(がんねん): first year (of a specific reign) 年号(ねんごう): name of an era; year number 再来年(さらいねん): year after next 年輪(ねんりん): annual tree ring 年長(ねんちょう): seniority 年頃(としごろ): (1) approximate age; apparent age (2) marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of independence; age of adulthood (3) (after modifying phrase) appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...) (4) for some years 年鑑(ねんかん): yearbook; almanac; annual 同い年(おないどし): the same age 年(ねん): (1) year (e.g. AD) (2) counter for years
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	1
Frequency	6
Components	丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 干: dry; parch
Number of Strokes	6
Kanji Radical	干
Radical Number	51
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	かん・いちじゅう・ほす・ひる・たてかん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	year
Koohii Story 1	A horse wears a pair of sunglasses with one lens popped out after a particularly raucous celebration to ring in the New Year.
Koohii Story 2	A horse wears a monocle for New Years to appear dignified for the year of the horse. ――one lens = monocle, you will encounter this again in kanji like descend (#1308).

Year Age Young Youth Middle Boy One's School