年

year, counter for years

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ネン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

とし

Nanori (名乗り)

ね

Stroke Order

6 / 6

Information

Grade:1

Strokes:6

JLPT:N5

Frequency:6

Vocabulary

ネン

Word	Reading	Meaning
一年生	イチネンセイ	first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; newcomer; person who has been in a role for less than a year; annual; annual plant
越年	エツネン	seeing the old year out; greeting the New Year; passing the winter; hibernation; playing more than the usual 12 rounds in one game
越年	オツネン	seeing the old year out; greeting the New Year; passing the winter; hibernation; playing more than the usual 12 rounds in one game
往年	オウネン	years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
会計年度	カイケイネンド	fiscal year

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
一周年	いっしゅうねん	one full year
１年生	いちねんせい	first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; newcomer; person who has been in a role for less than a year; annual; annual plant
一年中	いちねんじゅう	all year round
一年中	いちねんぢゅう	all year round
去年	こぞ	last year

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

tin can, container, jar radical (no. 121)

life, genuine, birth

attend, doing, official, serve

noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac

ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join

whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill

cottage, inn, hut, house, mansion

droop, suspend, hang, slouch