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HSK 1 · Days & dates

年

nián

year

Stroke order of 年

年 is written with 6 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Originally a person carrying a harvest of grain on their back — one harvest each year.

Parts: originally 禾 grain over 人 person (harvest); modern form simplified

Example sentence

今年是二零二六年。

This year is 2026.

Words with 年

今年this year明年next year去年last year新年New Year半年half a year青年youth; young people少年teenager; juvenile青少年teenagers; young people老年old age; elderly中年middle age年轻young周年anniversary前年the year before last全年the whole year年级grade; year (in school)过年to celebrate the New Year年代decade; era年初beginning of the year

More words: Days & dates

今天today明天tomorrow昨天yesterday后天day after tomorrow前天day before yesterday天day; sky日day (of the month); sun号day of month; number月month; moon今年this year明年next year去年last year星期week星期日Sunday星期天Sunday新年New Year生日birthday

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