Zi:年
年 [nián] year; 今(明,去)年 this (next, last) year [nìng] 佞
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►¹nián* 年 {A} m. year ◆b.f. ①age ►niánlíng 年龄 ②New Year ►¹niángāo 年糕 ③a period in one's life ►¹zhōngnián 中年 ④a period in history ►mònián 末年 ⑤harvest ►niáncheng 年成 ◆n. ①age ‖ Tā ∼ jìn liùshí. 他∼近六十。 He's close to 60 years old. ②Surname
From 禾 hé ‘grain’ over 人 rén ‘person’. The primary meaning was ‘harvest’. Later versions of the character had 千 qiān ‘thousand’ at the bottom (notice that 千 was just 人 plus a horizontal stroke).
“The crop...the thousand grains. By extension, a year, the time required for a harvest” —Wieger.
►references: Guǎngyùn:134.45; Wieger:24d; Henshall:64; Karlgren:AD669,GSR364a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.37.6; Lindqvist:188; Mathews:4711; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:340.01; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:028.1.04; Wáng(1993):181; EDOC:1
►Cantonese: nihn\
<cdl char='年' uni='5E74' radical='D2 Z2 K4 D1'>
<stroke type='p' points='33,0 2,44' />
<stroke type='h' points='24,22 120,22' head='cut' />
<stroke type='h' points='30,52 100,52' head='cut' />
<stroke type='s' points='30,52 30,86' tail='cut' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,86 128,86' />
<stroke type='s' points='64,22 64,128' head='cut' />
</cdl>
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Unicode: U+5E74
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