改元

Chinese

		to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct	primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)
simp. and trad. (改元)		改	元

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎiyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˇ ㄩㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎiyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˇ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎiyuán
    • Wade–Giles: kai³-yüan²
    • Yale: gǎi-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaeyuan
    • Palladius: гайюань (gajjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

Verb

改元

1. (archaic) to start over with the first year of a new Chinese era name

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
改	元
かい Grade: 4	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

改(かい)元(げん) • (kaigen) 

1. change in the Imperial era name

Further reading

• 改元 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja