年 nián
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 干 — arid, dry
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
年级
niánjí
school grade
Characters in this word
级 jí
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 及 to extend
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 你几年级？ Nǐ jǐ niánjí? What grade are you in?
- 我三年级。 Wǒ sān niánjí. I am in third grade.
- 她同年级。 Tā tóng niánjí. She is in the same grade.
Related words
- 半年 bànnián half a year
- 今年 jīnnián this year
- 明年 míngnián next year
- 年 nián year
- 去年 qùnián last year
- 新年 xīnnián New Year
- 过年 guònián to celebrate Chinese New Year
- 老年 lǎonián old age
- 年轻 niánqīng young
- 前年 qiánnián the year before last
- 青年 qīngnián young person; young people
- 青少年 qīngshàonián teenager; young people