Chinese symbol for “anniversary”
周年
zhōu nián
Traditional: 週年
anniversary; annual
The closest CC-CEDICT match for anniversary is 周年 (zhōu nián), defined as: anniversary; annual.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 周年.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 周围 (周圍) | zhōu wéi | environs; surroundings; periphery |
| 周末 (週末) | zhōu mò | weekend |
| 一周 | yī zhōu | one week; all the way around |
| 周期 (週期) | zhōu qī | period; cycle |
| 周边 (周邊) | zhōu biān | periphery; rim; perimeter; surroundings; (computing) (attributive) peripheral |
| 年代 | nián dài | a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 每年 | měi nián | every year; each year |
See also: Japanese symbol for “anniversary”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.