年

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 3.1.3 Pronunciation 3.1.4 Suffix 3.1.5 Counter 3.2 Etymology 1 3.2.1 Pronunciation 3.2.2 Noun 3.3 Etymology 2 3.3.1 Pronunciation 3.3.2 Suffix 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.2 Counter 4.2.1 Compounds 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.2.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

The older form of 年, 秊, is a combination of 禾, which means grain or rice and the phonetic element 千, 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.

[edit] Han character

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

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

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 340, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9168
• Dae Jaweon: page 648, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 37, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5E74

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

年 (Yale nin4)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

年 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: ねん (nen)
• Kun: とし (toshi), みのる (minoru), よわい (yowai)

[edit] Compounds

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [nen]

[edit] Suffix

年 (hiragana ねん, romaji nen)

1. a grade

   彼は中学２年だ。
   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年に橋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.

[edit] Counter

年 (hiragana ねん, romaji nen)

1. years (duration)

[edit] Etymology 1

/to₂si/ > /tosi/.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [toɕi]

[edit] Noun

年 (hiragana とし, romaji toshi)

1. a year
2. age

[edit] Etymology 2

/to₂se/ > /tose/.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [tose]

[edit] Suffix

年 (hiragana とせ, romaji tose)

1. used in counting years; years

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

年
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 년(연) (revised: nyeon(yeon), McCune-Reischauer: nyŏn(yŏn), Yale: nyen(ⁿyen))

• Name (hangeul): 해 (revised: hae, McCune-Reischauer: hae, Yale: hay)

1. year

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年

1. year

[edit] Compounds

• 閏年 (윤년, yunnyeon)
• 學年 (학년, haknyeon)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

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

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

年 (niên, nên, năm)