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Chinese symbol for “days”

年头
nián tóu
Traditional: 年頭
start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period

The closest CC-CEDICT match for days is 年头 (nián tóu), defined as: start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period; days; epoch.

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
头 tóu
head; chief, boss; first, top
radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “days”

WordPinyinMeaning
天次tiān cìnumber of days of sth taking place (e.g. days of heavy pollution); days

Related words

Other words that share a character with 年头.

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
头发 (頭髮)tóu fahair (on the head)
街头 (街頭)jiē tóustreet

See also: Japanese symbol for “days”.

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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