年
nián HSK1

year

  • edit character approved 年 — "tweaking it again" by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Depicts a person (人) harvesting grain (禾) during harvest season, a yearly event. 人 also represented the sound, but was later reanalyzed as pure sound component 千. → Depicts a person (人) harvesting grain (禾) during harvest season, which occurred yearly. 人 also represented the sound, but was later reanalyzed as the sound component 千.

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  • edit character approved 年 — "The description still felt too clunky, so I'm tweaking it again." by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Depicts a person (人) harvesting grain (禾) during harvest season, a yearly event. 人 also represents the sound. 人 was later reanalyzed as pure sound component 千. → Depicts a person (人) harvesting grain (禾) during harvest season, a yearly event. 人 also represented the sound, but was later reanalyzed as pure sound component 千.

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved 年 — "Applied the changes to etymology, as well as making the etym. desc. sound more natural." by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Pictograph of a person (人) harvesting grain (禾). The harvest season is a yearly event. 人 also represents the sound. → Depicts a person (人) harvesting grain (禾) during harvest season, a yearly event. 人 also represents the sound. 人 was later reanalyzed as pure sound component 千.
    Components
    • + 千 Sound
    • - 人 SoundIconic

    Changed: hint, components

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  • edit character approved 年 — "Not edit: If you want to, I mean the part you highlighted resembles 千 in a way. So I'd say go for it :)" by Prismcool

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  • edit character approved 年 — "NAE: Should we also apply the changes from 秊 to 年 as well?" by Marcus Ngai

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  • edit character approved 年 — "I feel like the strokes for each component of this character should be like this. Revert if incorrect, though." by Marcus Ngai
    Stroke fragments (simplified)
    年
    →
    年
    • Component 1: 1-4 → 1-3,6
    • Component 2: 5-6 → 4-6

    Changed: strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

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  • edit character approved 年 — "人 also works as a sound component" by Hsmq
    Hint
    Pictograph of a person (人) harvesting grain (禾). The harvest season is a yearly event. → Pictograph of a person (人) harvesting grain (禾). The harvest season is a yearly event. 人 also represents the sound.
    Components
    • 人 SoundIconic
      • type: iconic → sound, iconic
      • isOldPronunciation: (empty) → true
    Sources

    Changed: hint, components, sources

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    approved by Prismcool

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  • edit character approved 年 — "HARVT" by inralback19
    Original meaning
    harvest

    Changed: original meaning

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  • edit character approved 年 — "reconfigure strokes" by Peter Olson
    Stroke fragments (simplified)
    年
    →
    年
    • Component 1: 1-2 → 1-4
    • Component 2: 3-6 → 5-6

    Changed: strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

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  • edit character approved 年 — "verify, add sources" by Peter Olson
    Hint
    Depicts a person (人) harvesting grain (禾) during harvest season, which occurred yearly. 人 also represented the sound, but was later reanalyzed as the sound component 千. → Pictograph of a person (人) harvesting grain (禾). The harvest season is a yearly event.
    Components
    • + 人 Iconic
    • - 千 Sound
    Strokes (simplified)
    年
    6 strokes
    →
    年
    6 strokes

    Source: animcjk → dong

    Sources

    Changed: hint, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

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