Chinese

今年

jīnnián
this year
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Origin

The term 今年 is formed by combining two characters: 今, meaning 'now', 'at present', or 'current', and 年, meaning 'year' in generic contexts.

The character 年 consists of a semantic component 禾, meaning 'grain' or 'cereal', and a phonetic component 人, meaning 'man', 'person', or 'people'.

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「今年」是由兩個漢字組成。其中「今」字代表現在、目前或當下的意思；「年」字則是指泛指的一年。

在字形結構上，「年」字包含一個表示穀物或禾米的語義成分「禾」，並結合了表示男子或人的語音成分「人」。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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  • characterChinese今 “now; at present; current”
  • characterChinese年 “year (in generic contexts)”
    • meaningChinese禾 “grain; cereal”
    • soundChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
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