Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

暦: calendar, almanac

JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

日 carries the meaning · 厂 and 林 give the sound

14 strokes
  • Small seal · Qin
  • Today

Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Two readings, and the words that use each

レキreki · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 西暦せいれきCommon Era; CE; Christian Era
  • 還暦かんれきkanreki
  • 旧暦きゅうれき
  • 暦年れきねんcalendar year; civil year; time

こよみkoyomi · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 暦こよみcalendar; almanac

Also read リャク, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“The life-giving sun in the sky! This simple box was once a perfect circle, representing the regular rising and setting of the sun that marks the rhythm of our lives.”
More in the 日 sun story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
厂

Also built on cliff (厂)

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林

Also built on grove (林)

日

Also built on sun (日)

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Also read レキ

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Also read リャク

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
暦 calendar · 厂 + 林 + 日
vs歴 curriculum · 厤 + 止
暦 has 厂 + 林 + 日 where 歴 has 厤 + 止.
In ChineseSimplified 历 · traditional 曆 · lì

Three different forms: Japanese 暦, simplified 历, traditional 曆.

Simplified
历 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
曆 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lì most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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