Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1
JLPT level: N5
6 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 6
Meaning: year, counter for years
Kunyomi: とし
Onyomi: ネン
Composition: 丿 干
Radical: 干
Reading: かん
Meaning: pestle
Strokes: 3
一年生(いちねんせい) first-year student
去年(きょねん) last year
来年(らいねん) next year
中年(ちゅうねん) middle age
万年筆(まんねんひつ) fountain pen
お年寄り(おとしより) elderly person
今年(ことし) this year
年上(としうえ) older
半年(はんとし) half a year
年 (ネン) year, counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school), period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
年会 (ネンカイ) conference, annual convention
平年 (ヘイネン) non-leap year, normal year (esp. as pertains to weather patterns, vegetative growth, harvest yields, etc.)
定年 (テイネン) retirement age, years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
年 (とし) year, age, years, past one's prime, old age
年明け (としあけ) beginning of the year, early in the New Year
いい年 (いいとし) mature age, advanced age, maturity, age when one is old enough to know better
御年 (おんとし) age (esp. advanced)
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1
JLPT level: N5
6 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 6
Meaning: year, counter for years
Kunyomi: とし
Onyomi: ネン
Composition: 丿 干
Radical: 干
Reading: かん
Meaning: pestle
Strokes: 3
一年生(いちねんせい) first-year student
去年(きょねん) last year
来年(らいねん) next year
中年(ちゅうねん) middle age
万年筆(まんねんひつ) fountain pen
お年寄り(おとしより) elderly person
今年(ことし) this year
年上(としうえ) older
半年(はんとし) half a year
年 (ネン) year, counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school), period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
年会 (ネンカイ) conference, annual convention
平年 (ヘイネン) non-leap year, normal year (esp. as pertains to weather patterns, vegetative growth, harvest yields, etc.)
定年 (テイネン) retirement age, years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
年 (とし) year, age, years, past one's prime, old age
年明け (としあけ) beginning of the year, early in the New Year
いい年 (いいとし) mature age, advanced age, maturity, age when one is old enough to know better
御年 (おんとし) age (esp. advanced)