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[edit] Translingual

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[edit] Etymology

The older form of 年, , is a combination of , which means grain or rice and the phonetic element , which indicates extension. The meaning went from person wading through crops in harvesting to harvest and then to year because of the harvest after a long cycle.

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(radical 51 +3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人手 (OQ), four-corner 80500)

  1. year
  2. new year
  3. person's age

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(Yale nin4)


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(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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(hiragana ねん, romaji nen)

  1. a grade
    中学
    かれはちゅうがくにねんだ。
    kare wa chūgaku ni nen da
    He's in the second grade in junior high school.
  2. a year
    2008を建設し始めるようだ。
    にせんはちねんにはしをけんせつしはじめるようだ。
    ni sen hachi nen ni hashi wo kensetsushi hajimeru yōda
    They seem to be going to start constructing the bridge in (the year) 2008.

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(hiragana ねん, romaji nen)

  1. years (duration)

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/to2si/ > /tosi/.

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(hiragana とし, romaji toshi)

  1. a year
  2. age

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/to2se/ > /tose/.

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(hiragana とせ, romaji tose)

  1. used in counting years; years

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Eumhun:

  1. year

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  1. year

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(pinyin nián (nian2), Wade-Giles nien2)

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(niên, nên, năm)

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