周年

Character by character

• 周zhōu8 strokesHSK 2Zhou dynasty; circumference
• 年nián6 strokesHSK 1year; new-years; person's age

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 周年. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 年niánHSK 1

  grain; harvest (old); variant of 年

• 周zhōuHSK 2

  to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially

• 今年jīn niánHSK 1

  this year

• 去年qù niánHSK 1

  last year

• 年轻nián qīngHSK 2

  young

• 周末zhōu mòHSK 2

  weekend

• 年代nián dàiHSK 3

  a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period

• 周围zhōu wéiHSK 3

  environs; surroundings; periphery

• 年龄nián língHSK 5

  (a person's) age

• 上周shàng zhōuHSK 2

  last week

• 明年míng niánHSK 1

  next year

• 当年dāng niánHSK 5

  in those days; then; in those years; during that time

• 新年xīn niánHSK 1

  New Year

• 年纪nián jìHSK 3

  age

• 青年qīng niánHSK 2

  youth; youthful years; young person; the young

• 年度nián dùHSK 5

  year (e.g. school year, fiscal year); annual

• 少年shào niánHSK 2

  early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man

• 青少年qīng shào niánHSK 2

  adolescent; youth; teenager

• 多年duō niánHSK 4

  many years; for many years; longstanding

• 四周sì zhōuHSK 5

  all around

• 童年tóng niánHSK 4

  childhood

• 多年来duō nián láiHSK 7

  for the past many years

• 周边zhōu biānHSK 7

  periphery; rim; surroundings; all around; perimeter; peripheral (computing); spin-offs

• 中年zhōng niánHSK 2

  middle age