年

ねん

counter for years

Mnemonic

Five of them in Korea before you looked up, and your Nan ねん counts every one of them out loud at Christmas: 5年, ごねん.

Worth knowing

Same kanji as 年とし. ねん is the one that sits behind a number and counts.

Built from

年

year

Originally 禾 grain over a person carrying it, one harvest, one year.

Words sharing these kanji

毎年 every year 今年 this year 去年 last year 来年 next year 年 year 少年 boy 年齢 age, years

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