JLPT N5 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
年 means year. It is a JLPT N5 kanji written in 6 strokes, read ねん or とし. It is built from 3 parts: 丿 (katakana no radical (no. 4)), 干 (dry, parch), 干 (dry, parch). It appears in 去年 (last year) and 今年 (this year).
年 is written in 6 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
年 breaks into 3 parts.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 年 | とし | year / age |
| 去年 | きょねん | last year |
| 今年 | ことし | this year |
These use 丿 or 干 or 干 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.
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