Mnemonic comic for 年
Mnemonic
Nefertiti (ni) is having lunch (午) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Unfortunately they didn't have any cutlery left so she has to use a dinosaur bone (丨) and a flute (一) instead of fork and knife. It will take her a whole year (年) to finish her lunch this way.
All translations for 年
surname Nian
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year / CL:個|个[ge4]
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grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2]
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Comments
I used the sushi set uploaded by Muga to https://openclipart.org/detail/14905/sushi-set for this comic. Thanks for uploading Muga!
Matthias, about 2 years ago
With all the food falling to the ground the ants in the anthill's kitchen will be pretty happy.
Matthias, about 2 years ago
年 character breakdown
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
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radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)
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vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]
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7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
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Characters with 年 as component
年 is not used as a component in another character.
Words with 年
(of one's skills, appearance etc) not to have deteriorated a bit / to be as (good, vigorous etc) as ever
the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb) / change is the only constant
Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章[Cao2 Yu2 zhang1]
the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) / early planning is the key to success
bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy