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Come learn 2000+ kanji and 6000+ vocabulary words with WaniKani.

  • 世

4 年 Year

Radical Combination

  • gun Gun
  • 牛 Cow

Readings

On’yomi

ねん

Kun’yomi

とし

Nanori

None

Meaning Mnemonic

The cow part of this kanji is slightly altered, but I think you can see where it is. The gun looks just fine, though. Think back to a fake memory you have living on the farm. You have your gun, and you gotta use it on a cow (ruh roh). Once a year on New Year's, you have to go out and shoot one of the cows. It's only a yearly shooting, though, so at least there's that respite.

Hints

You'll have to imagine yourself doing this to remember the meaning of the kanji. Focus on the thought that "okay... it's only once a year... I only have to do this once a year..."

Reading Mnemonic

It is New Years, though, so when you bring the dead cow back home, it’s time to celebrate. Using the cow’s organs and bones, you and your siblings construct a nendoroid (ねん). Nendoroids are Japanese toys - little plastic figurines (Google it if need be). You make a little cow nendoroid holding a gun. How cute.

Hints

How funny that you use dead cow parts to make a miniature cow holding a gun much like the one you murdered earlier. Imagine yourself playing with this nendoroid as you think about how weird it was to make a cow nendoroid out of a dead cow.

Visually Similar Kanji

Currently there are no similar looking kanji which exist in the WaniKani learning system

Found In Vocabulary

  • 少年
    • しょうねん
    • Boy
  • 年内
    • ねんない
    • By The End...
  • 一年生
    • いちねんせい
    • First Year...
  • 去年
    • きょねん
    • Last Year
  • 年
    • とし
    • Year
  • 2011年
    • にせんじゅういちねん
    • Year 2011
  • 年中
    • ねんじゅう
    • Year Round
  • 毎年
    • まいとし
    • Every Year
  • 〜年来
    • ねんらい
    • For Some Y...
  • 光年
    • こうねん
    • Light-year
  • 来年
    • らいねん
    • Next Year
  • 近年
    • きんねん
    • Recent Years
  • 学年
    • がくねん
    • School Grade
  • 何年
    • なんねん
    • What Year
  • 青年
    • せいねん
    • Youth
  • 年次
    • ねんじ
    • Annual
  • 年上
    • としうえ
    • Older
  • 今年
    • ことし
    • This Year
  • 年下
    • としした
    • Younger
  • 年末
    • ねんまつ
    • Year End
  • 数年
    • すうねん
    • Several Years
  • 新年
    • しんねん
    • New Year
  • 周年
    • しゅうねん
    • Anniversary
  • 昨年
    • さくねん
    • Last Year
  • 忘年会
    • ぼうねんかい
    • Year End P...
  • 年代順
    • ねんだいじゅん
    • Chronologi...
  • 年賀状
    • ねんがじょう
    • New Year's...
  • 年額
    • ねんがく
    • Annual Amount
  • 年輩
    • ねんぱい
    • Elderly Pe...
  • 万年筆
    • まんねんひつ
    • Fountain Pen
  • 再来年
    • さらいねん
    • Year After...
  • 幼年時代
    • ようねんじだい
    • Childhood
  • 翌年
    • よくねん
    • The Next Year
  • 年齢
    • ねんれい
    • Years Old
  • 年頃
    • としごろ
    • Approximat...
  • 壮年
    • そうねん
    • Prime Of Life
  • 年俸
    • ねんぽう
    • Annual Salary
  • 年譜
    • ねんぷ
    • Chronologi...
  • 謹賀新年
    • きんがしんねん
    • Happy New ...
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