Read Edit View history Discussion 秊 nián year Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Variant form of 年. 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. Pinyin Separate values with commas nián × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 秊 Simp strokes 秊 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint The 人 component was later reanalyzed as 千, which also works as the sound component. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 秊 Simp strokes 秊 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 秊 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 658, 812 ], [ 601, 830 ], [ 514, 793 ], [ 460, 781 ], [ 451, 774 ], [ 438, 776 ], [ 425, 768 ], [ 414, 772 ], [ 403, 763 ], [ 389, 767 ], [ 383, 760 ], [ 361, 763 ], [ 351, 754 ], [ 322, 749 ] ], [ [ 193, 624 ], [ 246, 617 ], [ 424, 650 ], [ 695, 684 ], [ 750, 679 ], [ 784, 668 ] ], [ [ 474, 761 ], [ 512, 731 ], [ 500, 529 ], [ 504, 483 ] ], [ [ 478, 633 ], [ 439, 589 ], [ 358, 519 ], [ 278, 470 ], [ 213, 445 ] ], [ [ 533, 635 ], [ 548, 630 ], [ 672, 543 ], [ 736, 509 ], [ 800, 501 ], [ 902, 502 ] ], [ [ 642, 427.65 ], [ 573, 443.79999999999995 ], [ 452, 386.8 ], [ 369, 358.3 ], [ 354, 358.3 ], [ 314, 343.1 ], [ 303, 345.95 ], [ 277, 335.5 ] ], [ [ 124, 217.7 ], [ 181, 206.3 ], [ 395, 235.75 ], [ 796, 266.15 ], [ 847, 260.45 ], [ 901, 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546 645 Q 622 654 723 654 Q 784 654 791 663 Q 795 673 781 687 Q 727 727 670 708 Q 613 698 534 682 L 483 673 Q 477 674 472 672 Q 345 653 195 633 Q 176 630 190 615 Q 203 602 220 597 Q 239 593 255 597 Q 343 622 442 635 Q 443 636 448 635 L 546 645 Z", "M 534 682 Q 534 685 535 687 Q 536 706 549 729 Q 553 738 544 749 Q 528 764 507 772 C 479 784 453 790 466 763 Q 481 736 483 673 L 483 606 Q 482 551 477 527 Q 476 515 490 481 Q 499 468 512 475 Q 522 484 523 555 Q 523 594 526 629 L 534 682 Z", "M 448 635 Q 375 538 213 452 Q 200 445 208 441 Q 226 431 295 461 Q 356 485 445 567 Q 482 601 481 603 Q 482 604 483 606 C 510 643 478 674 448 635 Z", "M 526 629 Q 614 551 710 481 Q 732 463 766 467 Q 827 471 890 493 Q 906 497 907 501 Q 908 507 894 511 Q 731 547 701 560 Q 694 564 688 566 Q 637 588 546 645 C 521 661 503 649 526 629 Z", "M 492 379 Q 576 411 629 416 Q 647 416 651 423 Q 655 432 644 444 Q 625 461 582 480 Q 567 488 554 488 Q 547 485 545 474 Q 539 433 288 346 Q 281 345 274 341 Q 268 333 274 330 Q 290 326 408 356 Q 429 362 451 367 L 492 379 Z", "M 535 226 Q 655 235 824 229 Q 855 228 885 227 Q 907 226 914 236 Q 921 248 902 264 Q 836 313 783 300 Q 686 285 536 266 L 475 260 Q 315 244 128 229 Q 103 228 120 207 Q 156 173 202 183 Q 370 222 474 222 L 476 222 L 535 226 Z", "M 481 -90 Q 487 -114 494 -123 Q 500 -130 507 -128 Q 520 -120 529 -63 Q 535 -7 534 47 Q 533 88 535 226 L 536 266 Q 536 269 537 272 Q 537 298 545 332 Q 548 349 534 357 Q 507 374 492 379 C 465 391 438 393 451 367 Q 451 364 463 345 Q 469 336 475 260 L 476 222 Q 476 -52 481 -90 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.