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year

year
年

Every year, Wi buys a new gun.

From Lesson 68:Kanji 8·Japanese

Note

Every year, Wi buys a new gun.

Breakdown of year

Wi
ヰ component

ヰ is an obsolete katakana character, previously used to represent the sound wi.

Now, the sound wi is represented by the digraph ウィ(Ui).

Though ヰ is not used as a katakana character anymore, it does appear as a component in multiple Kanji.

gun
𠂉 component

Usages of year

去きょ年ねんkyonen
last year
年としtosi
year; age
年
year
来らい年ねんrainen
next year
再さ来らい年ねんsarainen
the year after next
年ねんnen
year counter
毎まい年ねんmainen
every year
万まん年ねん筆ひつmannenhitu
fountain pen
新しん年ねんsinnen
New Year

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