年
year; CL:個|个[ge4]
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #137 U+5E74
How 年 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A man 干 carrying grain, representing the annual harvest
How to remember it
year · Heisig RSH #871
stick horse — as a component also called: monocle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 年
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一年生 | yī nián shēng | (botany) (of a plant) annual |
| 年头儿 | nián tóu r | erhua variant of 年頭|年头[nian2 tou2] |
| 有年头 | yǒu nián tou | for donkey's years; for ages |
| 中老年人 | zhōng lǎo nián rén | middle-aged and elderly people |
| 有生之年 | yǒu shēng zhī nián | (idiom) during one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years |
| 山道年 | shān dào nián | santonin (loanword) |
| 国民年金 | Guó mín Nián jīn | (Tw) National Pension, a social security scheme in Taiwan |
| 中年 | zhōng nián | middle age |
| 年中 | nián zhōng | within the year; in the middle of the year; mid-year |
| 年头 | nián tóu | start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period; days; epoch; a year's harvest |
| 一年多 | yī nián duō | more than a year |
| 学年 | xué nián | academic year |
| 成年人 | chéng nián rén | adult person |
| 多年生 | duō nián shēng | (botany) (of a plant) perennial |
| 流年不利 | liú nián bù lì | the year's horoscope augurs ill (idiom); an unlucky year |
| 天年 | tiān nián | natural life span |
| 马年 | mǎ nián | Year of the Horse (e.g. 2002) |
| 老年人 | lǎo nián rén | old people; the elderly |
| 中老年 | zhōng lǎo nián | middle and old age |
| 有年 | yǒu nián | for years |