年 Nián

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HSK level

Number of strokes

Traditional form

秊

Contains the radical

干 gān

Part of speech

Numeral / 数词 shù cí Shù cí

Learning hint

A man 干 gān carrying grain, representing the annual harvest

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿻干 gān ？

Explanation

Pictograph of a person (卩 jié ) harvesting grain (禾 hé ). The harvest season is a yearly event. The components are not obvious in the modern form.

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一年之 zhī 计 Jì 在于 zàiyú 春 chūn , 一日之计在于晨 chén .

Make your whole year's plans in spring, and your day's plan early in the morning.

到 dào 1644年 Nián ,这 zhè 残垣 cán yuán 中 Zhōng 只 zhǐ 剩 shèng 一 yī 堆 duī 石头 shítou .

In 1644, a lone heap of stones from this remained.

她 tā 隐退 yǐn tuì 二十年后 Hòu 又 yòu 东山再起 dōng shān zài qǐ .

After a quietus of twenty years she returned.

嗨 hāi ,有 yǒu 了 le 这些 zhè xiē 钱 Qián , 他 tā 可以 kěyǐ 安安静静地 de 和 hé 嘉莉生活 shēnghuó 很多年 Nián .

Why, he could live quietly with Carrie for years.

那 Nā 栋 dòng 房子 fáng zi 在 zài 5年 Nián 内 nèi 易 Yì 手 shǒu 了 le 3次 cì .

That house has changed hands three times in five years.

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 年 Nián in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
年 Nián	grain	秊
今年 jīn nián	this year	今年 jīn nián
年轻 niánqīng	young	年輕
去年 qùnián	last year	去年 qùnián
年代 niándài	age	年代 niándài
每年 měi nián	every year	每年 měi nián
年轻人 nián qīng rén	young people	年輕人
年龄 niánlíng	(a person's) age	年齡
年纪 niánjì	age	年紀
明年 míng nián	next year	明年 míng nián
年级 niánjí	grade	年級
青年 qīng nián	youth	青年 qīng nián
当年 dāng nián	then	當年
新年 xīn nián	New Year	新年 xīn nián
周年 zhōunián	annual	週年
年度 niándù	annual	年度 niándù
少年 shào nián	early youth	少年 shào nián
青少年 qīngshàonián	adolescent	青少年 qīngshàonián
成年人 chéng nián rén	adult person	成年人 chéng nián rén
近年来 jìn nián lái	for the past few years	近年來
半年 bàn nián	half a year	半年 bàn nián
童年 tóng nián	childhood	童年 tóng nián
过年 guò nián	to celebrate the Chinese New Year	過年
年底 nián dǐ	year-end	年底 nián dǐ
中年 zhōng nián	middle age	中年 zhōng nián