年 (nián): meaning and stroke order
年 (nián) means year, 个, surname Nian, grain, harvest (old), variant of 年.
年
- Simplified
- 年
- Traditional
- 年, 秊
- Pinyin
- nián
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Stroke order of 年
年
- Nián surname Nian
- nián year; CL:個|个[ge4]
- nián grain; harvest (old)
- 6 strokes
- Traditional form: 秊
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Meaning of 年
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nián
- year
- CL:個|个[ge4]
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Nián
- surname Nian
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nián
Traditional 秊
- grain
- harvest (old)
- variant of 年[nian2]
Radical and structure
- 年
- Radical 干 (Kangxi radical 51) · 6 strokes · 𠂉 on top, 㐄 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 年
- 中年 zhōng nián middle age
- 新年 xīn nián New Year; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 明年 míng nián next year
- 年代 nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age
- 当年 dāng nián in those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life
- 年间 nián jiān in the years of; during those years
- 半年 bàn nián half a year
- 年级 nián jí grade; year (in school, college etc)
- 去年 qù nián last year
- 年轻 nián qīng young
- 少年 shào nián early youth; youngster
- 末年 mò nián the final years (of a regime)
年 in our stories
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以前，有一个怪物，叫“年”。
yǐqián yǒu yí gè guàiwu jiào Nián
Long ago there was a monster called Nian.
From the story The story of Nian HSK 1
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很多年以前，一个村子两个月没有下雨。
hěn duō nián yǐqián yí gè cūnzi liǎng gè yuè méiyǒu xiàyǔ
Many years ago a village had no rain for two months.
From the story The little dragon and the rain HSK 2
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后羿很想她，每年八月十五就在月亮下面放上她爱吃的东西。
Hòu Yì hěn xiǎng tā měi nián bāyuè shíwǔ jiù zài yuèliang xiàmiàn fàng shàng tā ài chī de dōngxi
Hou Yi missed her terribly, and every year on the fifteenth of the eighth month he set out the food she loved under the moon.
From the story Chang'e flies to the moon HSK 3
Stories using 年
- The story of Nian HSK 1
- The little dragon and the rain HSK 2
- Chang'e flies to the moon HSK 3
- The qilin HSK 4
- No chilli, please HSK 4
- Twelve hours apart HSK 4
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).