元年

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Japanese [edit]

Kanji in this term

Noun [edit]

元年 (hiragana がんねん, romaji gannen)

  1. the first year of an imperial reign
    平成元年
    へいせいがんねん
    heisei gannen
    the first year of the Heisei era (1989)

Mandarin [edit]

simpl. and trad.

Noun [edit]

元年 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yuánnián)

  1. (calendar) the first year