EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Noun

    first year (of an imperial era)

  2. year something (important) first happened or began

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
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beginning, former time, origin

Kun
もと
On
ゲン、ガン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
192 of 2500
Radical
legs
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

ちか、はじめ、はる、ゆき、よし

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-3SKIP code
0a4.5The Kanji Dictionary
1021.1Four corner code
3057deroo
5143Unicode hex code
1-24-21JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
275Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
343New Nelson (John Haig)
1929New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2428Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1226Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1690Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
59Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
63Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
328A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
60Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
106Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1340Morohashi
106A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
137Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
68sakade
121Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
117henshall3
89Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
408crowley
245Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
141Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
59Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yuan2Pinyin reading
weonKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
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