EntryCommonJLPT N3
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    old person; elderly person; senior citizen

    Sensitive

    目が見えない看護婦は年寄りの世話をすることに一身を捧げた。
    The blind nurse devoted herself to caring for the elderly.
  2. Noun

    trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay

    Sumo

  3. senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)

  4. important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

Also written 年寄【としより】、年より【としより】

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Characters in this word

2
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

draw near, stop in, bring near, gather, collect, send, forward

Kun
よ.る、-よ.り、よ.せる
On
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
673 of 2500
Radical
roof
WaniKani
Level 29

Built from

Used in names as

よせ、より、よろ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-3-8SKIP code
3m8.8The Kanji Dictionary
3062.1Four corner code
749deroo
5bc4Unicode hex code
1-20-83JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1318Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1345New Nelson (John Haig)
2291New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2856Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1473Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1983Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
192Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
204Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
545A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1525Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
692Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7203Morohashi
642A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1361Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1445Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
576sakade
471Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
671henshall3
727Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1120Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
486Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
196Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ji4Pinyin reading
giKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
29WaniKani level