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Mythic Mandarin

年年有余 (nián nián yǒu yú): meaning and stroke order

年年有余 (nián nián yǒu yú) means lit. (may you) have abundance year after year.

年年有余

Simplified
年年有余
Traditional
年年有餘
Pinyin
nián nián yǒu yú

Stroke order of 年年有余

年

  • Nián surname Nian
  • nián year; CL:個|个[ge4]
  • nián grain; harvest (old)
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 秊

Stroke by stroke

年

  • Nián surname Nian
  • nián year; CL:個|个[ge4]
  • nián grain; harvest (old)
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 秊

Stroke by stroke

有

  • yǒu to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

余

  • Yú surname Yu
  • yú (literary) I; me; variant of 餘|余[yu2]
  • yú extra; surplus
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 餘

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 年年有余

  1. nián nián yǒu yú Traditional 年年有餘
    • lit. (may you) have abundance year after year
    • (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)

Radicals of the characters

年
Radical 干 (Kangxi radical 51) · 6 strokes · 𠂉 on top, 㐄 below
有
Radical 月 (Kangxi radical 74) · 6 strokes · built from 𠂇 and 月
余
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 7 strokes

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.

年年有余 in our stories

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  • 奶奶说：“吃鱼，就是‘年年有余’的意思。”

    nǎinai shuō chī yú jiùshì niánnián yǒu yú de yìsi

    Grandma says, "Eating fish means 'plenty year after year'."

    From the story New Year at Grandma and Grandpa's HSK 2

Stories using 年年有余

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).