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
year / CL:個|个[ge4]
grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2]
Comments
年 character breakdown
Component Translations
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)
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]
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