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年

Readings

Kana: ネン、とし
Romaji: nen, toshi
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Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: ね
Romaji: ne
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Romaji

Meanings

year, counter for years

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  6
Radical Number:  4
Frequency:  6
Grade:  1
Skip Pattern:  2-2-4
Korean Reading:  nyeon
Chinese Reading:  nian2
Unicode:  5e74
JIS:  472F

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2035
Nelson Index: 188
New Nelson Index: 1593
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a6.16
Four Corner Index: 8050.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 64
Gakken Index: 3
Japanese Names Index: 342
Daikanwanjiten Index: 9168
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0512
Remembering the kanji Index: 1036
Busy People Index: 2.3
Kanji Way Index: 13
Kanji Flashcards Index: 51
Kodansha Compact Index: 574
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 20
Kanji in Context Index: 24
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1284
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1752
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1045
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1114
Essential Kanji Index: 64
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2528
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2355
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 126
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 51

Words

年 (とし)
year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age
年 (とせ)
counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)
少年 (しょうねん)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
元年 (がんねん)
first year (of a specific reign)
生年 (せいねん)
the year of a person's birth; age
年 (ねん)
year (e.g. AD); counter for years
同年 (どうねん)
that year; same year; same age
周年 (しゅうねん)
whole year; anniversary
近年 (きんねん)
recent years
生年月日 (せいねんがっぴ)
birth date
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