年 — year
とし
年
year
Grade 1
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
6 strokes
time
calendar
U+5E74
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #6
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1036
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- year
word
とし toshi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
ねん nen On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.
Appears in idioms
Components
Compound ideograph (会意). Originally depicted a person carrying harvested grain (禾, now simplified to 干). A year — the full cycle from one harvest to the next.