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暦

calendar, almanac

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes14

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

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  • 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

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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.