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年 nián — “year”

How to write and say the Chinese character 年 (nián), which means year — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Time & days.

Stroke order笔顺

年 is written with 6 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Picture it: a man 干 carrying grain, representing the annual harvest.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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