Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1765 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: calendar, almanac

Kunyomi: こよみ

Onyomi: レキ リャク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: sun, day

Examples

Onyomi Examples

コヨミ calendar, almanac

レキネン calendar year, civil year, time, year after year

カンレキ kanreki, one's 60th birthday (or 61st in the traditional age reckoning system) when one has lived through a full sexagenary cycle

カイレキ calendar reform, adoption of a new calendar system, new calendar (for a new year), new year

リャクオウ Ryakuō era (of the Northern Court; 1338.8.28-1342.4.27), Rekiō era

リャクニン Ryakunin era (1238.11.23-1239.2.7)

エイリャク Eiryaku era (1160.1.10-1161.9.4)

コウリャク Kōryaku era (of the Northern Court; 1379.3.22-1381.2.24)

Kunyomi Examples

こよみ calendar, almanac

改正 こよみかいせい calendar reform