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Chinese symbol for “yearly”

每年
měi nián
every year; each year; yearly

The closest CC-CEDICT match for yearly is 每年 (měi nián), defined as: every year; each year; yearly.

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

每 měi
each, every
radical 80 ⽏ · 7 strokes
年 nián
year; anniversary; a person's age
radical 51 ⼲ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “yearly”

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

Related words

Other words that share a character with 每年.

WordPinyinMeaning
每个 (每個)měi geeach; every
每天měi tiānevery day
每次měi cìeach time; every time
每日měi rìdaily; (soup etc) of the day
每周 (每週)měi zhōuevery week
年代nián dàia decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age
今年jīn niánthis year
青年qīng niányouth; youthful years

See also: Japanese symbol for “yearly”.

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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