# 年 — Year

Frequency rank 5 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

You will meet this constantly in published Japanese — newspapers, books, signs, and dates.

More common than 出 (Exit), less common than 日 (Sun).

- On’yomi: ねん
- Kun’yomi: とし
- Radical: 干 Dry (Kangxi 51)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 1
- Strokes: 6

Someone tears page after page from a wall calendar—January, February, March—until the entire Year lies crumpled on the floor.

In words:

- 年 とし — year
- 来年 らいねん — next year
- 去年 きょねん — last year

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