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N5 Kanji 43: 年
Meaning of kanji 年:
In Japanese, 年 means “year”.
How to read kanji 年:
| Kunyomi | とし |
| Onyomi | ねん |
How to write kanji 年:
Origin of kanji 年:
You can see a man carrying the ripe wheat.
He can harvest every year.
So 年 stands for “year”.
Development of kanji 年:
Vocabulary containing kanji 年:
| Level | Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | 今年 | ことし | this year |
| Basic | 去年 | きょねん | last year |
| Basic | 毎年 | まいとし | every year |
| Basic | 来年 | らいねん | next year |
| Basic | 一昨年 | おととし | two years ago |
| Inter | 少年 | しょうねん | boy |
| Inter | 年齢 | ねんれい | age |
| Inter | 青年 | せいねん | youth |
| Inter | 年金 | ねんきん | pension |
| Inter | 年度 | ねんど | year |
| Inter | 半年 | はんとし | half a year |
| Inter | 近年 | きんねん | recent years |
| Inter | 翌年 | よくねん | following year |
| Inter | 昨年 | さくねん | last year |
| Inter | 長年 | ながねん | many years |
| Inter | 年寄り | としより | the old |
| Inter | 年代 | ねんだい | era |
| Inter | 同年 | どうねん | same year |
| Inter | 中年 | ちゅうねん | middle aged |
| Inter | 年上 | としうえ | older |
| Inter | 定年 | ていねん | retirement age |
| Adv | 年収 | ねんしゅう | annual income |
| Adv | 学年 | がくねん | school year |
| Adv | 年末 | ねんまつ | year-end |
| Adv | 年頃 | としごろ | age |
| Adv | 年下 | としした | younger |
| Adv | 年長 | ねんちょう | senior |
| Adv | 成年 | せいねん | adulthood |
| Adv | 年配 | ねんぱい | elderly |
| Adv | 新年 | しんねん | new year |
| H_Adv | 例年 | れいねん | average year |
| H_Adv | 老年 | ろうねん | old age |
| H_Adv | 年功 | ねんこう | seniority |
| H_Adv | 年俸 | ねんぽう | annual salary |
| S_Adv | 同い年 | おないどし | same age |
| S_Adv | 年号 | ねんごう | name of an era |
| S_Adv | 留年 | りゅうねん | repeat a year |
| S_Adv | 年玉 | としだま | New Year's gift |
| S_Adv | 通年 | つうねん | all year round |
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Hey, I noticed that in the Vocabulary course for Describing Time, “every year” is read as まいねん using the Onyomi however here it’s read as まいとし using the Kunyomi. Are both these forms of reading correct?
Both are right, just use the one you like.