KanjiN5Grade 1 · 小16 strokesRadical 干#6 in newspapers
年 · year, counter for years
年 is a kanji meaning year, counter for years. It has 6 strokes and is on the JLPT N5 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- ネンnen
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- としtoshi
Practise the N5 kanji
In 第2巻 JLPT N5, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 年 · 33 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 去年きょねん | きょねん | last year | N5 |
| 今年ことし | ことし | this year | N5 |
| 再来年さらいねん | さらいねん | year after next | N5 |
| 年とし | とし | year, age | N5 |
| 毎年まいねん | まいねん | every year, yearly, annually | N5 |
| 万年筆まんねんひつ | まんねんひつ | fountain pen | N5 |
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 来年らいねん | らいねん | next year | N5 |
| 少年しょうねん | しょうねん | boys, juveniles | N3 |
| 青年せいねん | せいねん | youth, young man | N3 |
| 生年月日せいねんがっぴ | せいねんがっぴ | birth date | N3 |
| 年月としつき | としつき | months and years | N3 |
| 年寄りとしより | としより | old people, the aged | N3 |
| 年間ねんかん | ねんかん | year | N3 |
| 年月ねんげつ | ねんげつ | months and years | N3 |
| 年中ねんじゅう | ねんじゅう | whole year, always, everyday | N3 |
| 年代ねんだい | ねんだい | age, era, period | N3 |
| 年齢ねんれい | ねんれい | age, years | N3 |
| 成年せいねん | せいねん | majority, adult age | N3 |
| 年鑑ねんかん | ねんかん | yearbook | N3 |
| 一昨年いっさくねん | いっさくねん | year before last | N2 |
| 学年がくねん | がくねん | year in school, grade in school | N2 |
| 青少年せいしょうねん | せいしょうねん | youth, young person | N2 |
| 中年ちゅうねん | ちゅうねん | middle-aged | N2 |
| 年度ねんど | ねんど | year, fiscal year | N2 |
| 年頃としごろ | としごろ | age, marriageable age, adolescence | N1 |
| 年賀ねんが | ねんが | New Year's greetings, New Year's card | N1 |
| 年号ねんごう | ねんごう | name of an era, year number | N1 |
| 年長ねんちょう | ねんちょう | seniority | N1 |
| 年輪ねんりん | ねんりん | annual tree ring | N1 |
| 同い年おないどし | おないどし | of the same age | N1 |
| 元年がんねん | がんねん | first year (of a specific reign) | N1 |
| 定年ていねん | ていねん | retirement age | N1 |
| 晩年ばんねん | ばんねん | (one's) last years | N1 |
Example sentence
もう年だよ。
もうとしだよ
I feel my age.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #194006 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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