中

年

Unicode: U+5E74

Pinyin: nián

Definition

* 地球绕太阳一周的时间。 一～。三～五载。 * 每年的。 ～会。～鉴。～利。～薪。 * 一年的开始。 ～节。新～。 * 有关年节的（用品） ～画。～礼。～货。 * 时期，时代。 近～。～华。～号（ａ．帝王用的纪年名称；ｂ．公元纪年名称）。～限。～深日久。 * 收成。 ～成。～景。～谨。荒～。 * 岁数。 ～纪。～事（岁数）。～高。～轮。 * 人一生所经年岁的分期。 幼～。童～。青～。壮～。中～。老～。 * 科举时代同年考中者的互称。 ～兄。～谊（同年登科的关系）。 * 姓

year; new-years; person"s age

Structure

年 graph

Related substructures

QDS1s8Eh

Precursors

Oracle Bone Script
c. 1300–1050 BCE (Late Shang)
Inscriptions carved on turtle plastrons and animal bones for divination and record-keeping in the late Shang royal court; the oldest large attested corpus of written Chinese.Wikipedia ->
42_F0F242_F0F342_F0F442_F0F542_F0F642_F0F742_F0F842_F0F942_F0FA42_F0FB42_F0FC42_F0FD42_F0FE42_F0FF42_F10042_F10142_F10242_F10342_F10442_F10542_F10642_F10742_F10842_F10942_F10A42_F10B42_F10C42_F10D42_F10E42_F10F42_F11042_F11142_F11242_F11342_F114
Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
32_F2B032_F2C432_F2BA32_F31D32_F2B732_F2B932_F2B432_F32C32_F31C32_F2F432_F2B232_F2F332_F2B332_F2BE32_F2B632_F2E432_F33032_F32332_F31F32_F2C832_F2BB32_F2CF32_F2BD32_F2BC32_F2B532_F2C332_F2E032_F2E132_F2FC32_F32932_F2CD32_F32732_F2D232_F2D032_F2D132_F2F832_F2C232_F2BF32_F2C132_F2CC32_F2ED32_F2EF32_F2EE32_F2E632_F2F632_F2C732_F2E532_F2EA32_F2D332_F2D432_F2DA32_F2D532_F2FB32_F2D832_F2F732_F2B832_F30132_F2F532_F2CA32_F2C532_F2C632_F2CB32_F2C932_F2CE32_F31E32_F2E832_F2C032_F2DF32_F2D732_F2DD32_F2DE32_F2DB32_F2DC32_F32032_F2EC32_F2EB32_F2FA32_F2E932_F32132_F2D632_F2FF32_F2D932_F2E732_F2E332_F32832_F2B132_F33232_F33532_F31832_F30332_F2FE32_F2E232_F31732_F32232_F2FD32_F31132_F31232_F2F032_F2F132_F32A32_F32F32_F32E32_F33132_F30032_F33432_F30532_F31432_F31332_F30632_F32432_F31032_F30F32_F31932_F31A32_F30E32_F30D32_F33832_F32532_F30432_F31532_F31632_F2F932_F30732_F32D32_F33632_F33332_F32632_F30832_F2F232_F30C32_F30A32_F30932_F31B32_F30B32_F33732_F339
Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
52_EF2152_EF1E52_EF1F52_EF2056_F0FC56_F0FE56_F0F556_F0F456_F0FD56_F0F856_F0F956_F0F756_F0F356_F0F656_F0FA56_F0FB
Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
71_E77A71_E77B71_E77E71_E77D71_E77C
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_5E74
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
92_F05E92_F06192_F06292_F06392_F07692_F07792_F05F92_F06492_F06592_F06692_F07892_F06092_F06792_F06892_F06992_F07992_F06A92_F06B92_F06C92_F07A92_F06D92_F06E92_F07B92_F07C92_F06F92_F07D92_F07E92_F07F92_F08092_F07092_F07192_F07292_F08192_F08292_F07392_F07492_F075
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
83_E4BC83_E4BD83_E4C183_E4BE83_E4BF83_E4C083_E4C283_E4C383_E4C483_E4C583_E4C683_E4C783_E4C883_E4C983_E4CA83_E4CB83_E4CC83_E4CD83_E4CE83_E4CF83_E4D0

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC