懂中文 Dong Chinese

秊

nián

year

Variant form of 年. Pictograph of a person (人) harvesting grain (禾). The harvest season is a yearly event. 人 also represents the sound.

Components
禾 iconic component

禾  Iconic component

hé

  

grain stalk

千 sound,iconic component

千  Sound Iconic component

qiān

  

thousand

The 人 component was later reanalyzed as 千, which also works as the sound component.

Evolution

秊 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
秊 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
秊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
秊 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
秊 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

秊  

nián

year; new-years; person's age

年 (秊) 

nián

grain; harvest (old); variant of 年[nián]

Most common words with 秊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

年

grain

今年

this year

年轻

young

去年

last year

年代

age

Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.574-575

李学勤《字源》p.638-639