Entry
  1. Noun

    child born within a year of another; children born in consecutive years

    妹の咲子です。俺と年子で、今受験生です。
    This is my little sister Sakiko. She was born the same year as me and is now studying for her exams.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

year, counter for years

Kun
とし
On
ネン
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
6 of 2500
Radical
dry
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-4, 4-6-3SKIP code
0a6.16The Kanji Dictionary
8050.0Four corner code
2355deroo
5e74Unicode hex code
1-39-15JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
188Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1593New Nelson (John Haig)
2035New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2528Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1284Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1752Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1036Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1114Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
342Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
64Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9168Morohashi
64A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
45Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
45Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
126sakade
51Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
20henshall3
51Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
13crowley
24Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.3busy_people
574Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1045Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
nian2Pinyin reading
nyeonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

Kun
-こ
On
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
72 of 2500
Radical
child
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

ねっ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-1, 4-2-1SKIP code
2c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
1740.7Four corner code
3547deroo
5b50Unicode hex code
1-27-50JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1264Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1281New Nelson (John Haig)
3390New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4196Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
95Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
99Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
56A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
38Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
61Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6930Morohashi
25A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
103Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
31sakade
43Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
40henshall3
18Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
42crowley
69Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.18busy_people
455Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
96Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zi3, zi2, zi5Pinyin reading
jaKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level