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Chinese symbol for “annually”

年年
nián nián
year after year; yearly; every year; annually

The closest CC-CEDICT match for annually is 年年 (nián nián), defined as: year after year; yearly; every year; annually.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

年 nián
year; anniversary; a person's age
radical 51 ⼲ · 6 strokes
年
年 nián
year; anniversary; a person's age
radical 51 ⼲ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 年年.

WordPinyinMeaning
年代nián dàia decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age
今年jīn niánthis year
每年měi niánevery year; each year
青年qīng niányouth; youthful years
多年duō niánmany years; for many years
年轻 (年輕)nián qīngyoung

See also: Japanese symbol for “annually”.

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.

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