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年 kanji — Year, Counter For Years | JLPT N5 · Nihongo Circle

年

Year, Counter For Years

6 strokes

N5

On readings 音読み

ねん

Kun readings 訓読み

とし

Built from

GunCow

Memory hook

A gun and a cow — a whole year of farm work.

Words using 年

今年ことしthis yearN5 去年きょねんlast yearN5 年としyearN5 毎年まいねん; まいとしevery yearN5 万年筆まんねんひつfountain penN5 ～年～ねん~ yearsN5 さ来年さらいねんyear after nextN5 来年らいねんnext yearN5 少年しょうねんboysN3 青年せいねんyouthN3 年月としつきmonths and yearsN3 年間ねんかんyearN3

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