暦 – calendar, almanac

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The kanji 暦 means calendar, almanac. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is レキ、リャク (reki, ryaku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is こよみ (koyomi). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 日 (no. 72).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	レキ	reki
On’yomi	リャク	ryaku
Kun’yomi	こよみ	koyomi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 日 (Kangxi radical 72). Components: 日・麻・木・厂・广.

Words using 暦

西暦せいれきCommon Era暦こよみcalendar還暦かんれきkanreki

Example sentences

昭和１０年は西暦１９３５年です。

The 10th year of Showa is 1935 in the Western calendar.

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Kanji with the same radical

日時明昨早映景旧易春暴普昇星曜暮

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.