Chinese symbol for “yearbook”
年刊
nián kān
an annual; a yearbook
The closest CC-CEDICT match for yearbook is 年刊 (nián kān), defined as: an annual; a yearbook.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “yearbook”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纪念册 (紀念冊) | jì niàn cè | commemorative album; autograph book; (graduation) yearbook |
| 年鉴 (年鑑) | nián jiàn | annual report; yearbook |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 年刊.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 青年 | qīng nián | youth; youthful years |
| 多年 | duō nián | many years; for many years |
| 年轻 (年輕) | nián qīng | young |
| 周刊 (週刊) | zhōu kān | weekly publication; weekly |
| 刊登 | kān dēng | to carry a story; to publish (in a newspaper or magazine) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “yearbook”.
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.