年 nián
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 干 — arid, dry
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
年代
niándài
era; period of years
Characters in this word
代 dài
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 弋 to catch, to arrest
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 那个年代很苦。 Nà ge nián dài hěn kǔ. That era was very hard.
- 我喜欢那个年代。 Wǒ xǐ huān nà ge nián dài. I like that era.
- 年代不同了。 Nián dài bù tóng le. Times are different now.