暦
暦 — Calendar
calendar, almanac
On’yomiレキ (reki)
On’yomiリャク (ryaku)
Kun’yomiこよみ (koyomi)
Stroke order (14 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 暦
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暦 | こよみ koyomi | calendar; almanac |
| 西暦 | せいれき seireki | Common Era; CE; Christian Era |
| 還暦 | かんれき kanreki | kanreki; one's 60th birthday (or 61st in the traditional age reckoning system) when one has lived through a full sexagenary cycle |
| 旧暦 | きゅうれき kyuureki | Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar |
| 暦年 | れきねん rekinen | calendar year; civil year; time |
Study notes
暦 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1765 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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