过年 (guò nián)

Character breakdown

• 过 (Guō) · 6 strokes

  Simplified form of 過. Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 咼 represents the sound. The 咼 component was simplified to 寸.

• 年 (Nián) · 6 strokes

  Pictograph of a person (人) harvesting grain (禾). The harvest season is a yearly event.