紀元

See also: 纪元

Chinese
 
discipline; age; era
discipline; age; era; period; order; record
 
primary; first; fundamental
primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)
trad. (紀元) 紀 元
simp. (纪元) 纪 元

Pronunciation

Noun

紀元

  1. the beginning of an era or reign
  2. era; time; period; epoch

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (紀元):

Japanese

Pronunciation
Kanji in this term
紀 元
き
Grade: 5		 げん
Grade: 2
kan’on
  • (Tokyo) き​げん [kíꜜgèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [kʲiɡẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

紀(き)元(げん) • (Kigen) 

  1. the Common Era
    紀(き)元(げん)元(がん)年(ねん)
    Kigen gannen
    1 CE
    西(せい)暦(れき)紀(き)元(げん)
    seireki Kigen
    the Common Era
    (literally, “the Era of the Western calendar”)
    西(せい)暦(れき)紀(き)元(げん)前(ぜん) 100(ひゃく)年(ねん)
    seireki Kigenzen hyaku-nen
    100 BCE
  2. (generally) The basis point for measuring years in a calendar; the year 0 for any given time-reckoning system.
  3. (historical) The era of all emperors to have ever ruled Japan, starting with Emeperor Jinmu's supposed ascension in 660 BCE, established in 1872 (5th year of the Meiji era).
    紀(き)元(げん)節(せつ)
    Kigensetsu
    the Era Festival

Proper noun
Kanji in this term
紀 元
のり
Grade: 5		 もと
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

紀(のり)元(もと) • (Norimoto) 

  1. a male given name

Korean
Hanja in this term
紀元

Noun

紀元 • (giwon) (hangeul 기원)

  1. Hanja form? of 기원 (“era”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
紀元

Noun

紀元

  1. chữ Hán form of kỉ nguyên (“era”).
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