Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N1

780 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period

Kunyomi:

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: いとへん

Meaning: silk

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

元(きげん)   era, C. E.

元前(きげんぜん)   B.C.E.

行文(きこうぶん)   traveller's journal

(ふうき)   public morals

(せいき)   century, era

21世(21せいき)   21st century

Onyomi Examples

period, Nihon-shoki

元前 キゲンゼン pre-era, BC, BCE

デボン デボンキ Devonian period

前世 ゼンセイキ last century, previous century, ancient times, old times