Chinese edit

enjoy year
simp. and trad.
(享年)

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

享年

  1. (honorific) enjoying the age of ... at death (for people passing away at 30-59 years old)
    享年35享年35  ―  xiǎngnián 35 suì  ―  passed away at the age of 35

See also edit

  • 得年 (dénián) (for people dying at under 30 years old)
  • 享壽享寿 (xiǎngshòu) (for people dying at 60-89 years old)
  • 耆壽耆寿 (qíshòu) (for people dying at 90-99 years old)
  • 嵩壽嵩寿 (sōngshòu) (for people dying at over 100 years old)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
きょう
Grade: S
ねん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(きょう)(ねん) (kyōnen

  1. one's age at death
    享年(きょうねん) 37(さんじゅうなな)
    kyōnen sanjūnana
    passed away at the age of 37

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN