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Kanji: 年

KANJI
6 strokes
READINGS
KUN 訓
とし
 ON 音 
ネン
STROKE ORDER
Slow Fast
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JLPT Level:
JLPT N5 (beginner level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 10 (learned at completion of 1st grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 1st grade in Japan
Radical:
Radical name:
ほす
Meaning:
Year, counter for years
Usage:
Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 5 kanji are used more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N5
(おととし)
year before last
N5
(きょねん)
last year
N5
(ことし)
this year
N5
(らいねん)
year after next
N5
(とし)
year
N5
(まいとし)
every year
N5
(まんねんひつ)
fountain pen
N5
(らいねん)
next year
N3
(しょうねん)
boys, juveniles
N3
(せいねん)
youth, young man
N3
(としつき)
months and years
N3
(としより)
old people, the aged
N3
(ねんかん)
year
N3
(ねんげつ)
months and years
N3
(ねんじゅう)
whole year, always, everyday
N3
(ねんだい)
age, era, period, date
N3
(ねんれい)
age, years
N2
(いっさくねん)
year before last
N2
(がくねん)
year in school, grade in school
N2
(さらいねん)
year after next
N2
(せいしょうねん)
youth, young person
N2
(せいねんがっぴ)
birth date
N2
(ちゅうねん)
middle-aged
N2
(ねんど)
year, fiscal year, school year, term
N1
(おな)(どし)
of the same age
N1
(がんねん)
first year (of a specific reign)
N1
(せいねん)
majority, adult age
N1
(ていねん)
retirement age
N1
(としごろ)
age, marriageable age, age of puberty, adolescence, for some years
N1
(としよ)
old people, the aged
N1
(ねんかん)
yearbook
N1
(ねんごう)
name of an era, year number
N1
(ねんせい)
pupil in .... year, student in .... year
N1
(ねんちょう)
seniority
N1
(ねんりん)
annual tree ring
Certain kanji information is from KANJIDIC, which is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.
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