年

Glyph origin
In the oracle bone script and early bronze inscriptions, it was originally, an – a person carrying wheat on his back – harvest.

In bronze inscriptions after the period, a stroke was often added to  to give, which still acted as a phonetic component, and this form  was inherited by later scripts. The current form is inherited from the clerical script, where libian has occurred.

Etymology
From.

Definitions

 * 1) year
 * 2) harvest
 * 3) annual
 * 4) age
 * 5) period of life
 * 6) period (in history)
 * 7) Chinese New Year
 * 8) things for the Chinese New Year
 * 1) period of life
 * 2) period (in history)
 * 3) Chinese New Year
 * 4) things for the Chinese New Year
 * 1) period (in history)
 * 2) Chinese New Year
 * 3) things for the Chinese New Year
 * 1) things for the Chinese New Year
 * 1) things for the Chinese New Year

Usage notes

 * Although 年 is the generic term for year, years of age are typically expressed in, a separate system based on the duodecennial orbital period of Jupiter. Ages in are traditionally reckoned using the Chinese lunar calendar, beginning with 1 at the moment of birth and increasing not during birthdays but at the Chinese New Year.

Descendants
Others:

Etymology 1
From. Compare modern 🇨🇬 reading nián, 🇨🇬 ngièn, 🇨🇬 nin$4$.

Counter

 * 1) years

Noun

 * 1) a year

Suffix

 * 1) a grade, a school year
 * 2) a year
 * 1) a year
 * 1) a year
 * 1) a year

Etymology
From.