暦
calendar, almanac
Readings
On'yomi
- レキ
- リャク
Kun'yomi
- こよみ
Meaning
暦 centers on a systematic record of days and seasons: a calendar or almanac used to track time and events.
Most common words using 暦
20 of 84- 暦こよみN1
calendar; almanac
- 西暦せいれきN2
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; anno domini; AD
- 還暦かんれきN1
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
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
- 新暦しんれき
the solar calendar; the Gregorian calendar
- 陰暦いんれき
lunar calendar
- 暦年れきねん
calendar year; civil year; time; year after year
- 太陽暦たいようれき
solar calendar
- 太陰暦たいいんれき
lunisolar calendar; lunar calendar
- お化け暦おばけごよみ
private traditional calendar published illegally (Edo period)
- イスラム暦イスラムれき
Islamic calendar
- グレゴリオ暦グレゴリオれき
Gregorian calendar
- ヒジュラ暦ヒジュラれき
Islamic calendar
- フランス革命暦フランスかくめいれき
French Revolutionary Calendar; French Republican Calendar
- ユダヤ暦ユダヤれき
Jewish calendar
- ユリウス暦ユリウスれき
Julian calendar
- ローマ暦ローマれき
Roman calendar
- 万年暦まんねんごよみ
perpetual calendar (for reckoning lucky and unlucky days)
- 世界暦せかいれき
World Calendar
- 中国暦ちゅうごくれき
Chinese calendar
Study
Etymology
暦 is the modern simplified form of 曆. The older form combines 日 (day) with 厤, which likely contributed the sound and the idea of passing through or arranging. The modern 厂 shape is a simplification of the upper part.
Meaning mnemonic
Under the cliff-like 厂, a tree 木 stands over the sun 日, marking the passage of days like a natural calendar.
Reading mnemonic
For レキ, imagine a lake (レキ sounds like 'lake') with a calendar floating on it, each page marking a day.