年度

Chinese

year capacity; degree; standard
simp. and trad.
(年度)

Pronunciation


Noun

年度

  1. year (a period of 12 months as determined for some administrative purpose, such as an academic year, financial year, etc.)

Hyponyms

Adjective

年度

  1. (attributive) annual

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ねん
Grade: 1

Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Middle Chinese 年度 (MC nen duH). Compare modern Mandarin 年度 (niándù).

Pronunciation

    Noun

    (ねん)() • (nendo) 

    1. a year, for administrative, academic, business, or accounting purposes: may start at some time other than New Years
    2. (more specifically) a financial year (UK), a fiscal year (US)
    3. (more specifically) a school year

    References

    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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