暦

See also: 曆 and 历

暦 U+66A6, 暦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66A6 ← 暥 [U+66A5] CJK Unified Ideographs 暧 → [U+66A7]

Translingual

Traditional	曆
Shinjitai	暦
Simplified	历

Stroke order

Han character

暦 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+10, 14 strokes, Cangjie input 一木木日 (MDDA), composition ⿸厂𣈅)

Derived characters

• 𫞒

Related characters

• 歴

See also

• 麻

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 499, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14111
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 78, character 1
• Unihan data for U+66A6

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 暦 – see 曆 (“calendar”). (This character is a variant form of 曆).

Japanese

Shinjitai	暦
Kyūjitai	曆

Kanji

暦

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 曆)

Readings

• Go-on: りゃく (ryaku)
• Kan-on: れき (reki, Jōyō)
• Kun: こよみ (koyomi, 暦, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 暦応(りゃくおう) (Ryakuō)
• 暦仁(りゃくにん) (Ryakunin)
• 暦注(れきちゅう) (rekichū)
• 暦博士(れきはかせ) (rekihakase)
• 暦法(れきほう) (rekihō)
• 陰暦(いんれき) (inreki)
• 永暦(えいりゃく) (Eiryaku)
• 延暦(えんりゃく) (Enryaku)
• 嘉暦(かりゃく) (Karyaku)
• 改暦(かいれき) (kaireki)
• 還暦(かんれき) (kanreki)
• 旧暦(きゅうれき) (kyūreki)
• グレゴリウス暦(れき) (guregoriusu reki)
• グレゴリオ暦(れき) (guregorio reki)
• 建暦(けんりゃく) (Kenryaku)
• 元暦(げんりゃく) (Genryaku)
• 古暦(これき) (koreki)
• 康暦(こうりゃく) (Kōryaku)
• 五紀暦(ごきれき) (gokireki)
• 治暦(じりゃく) (Jiryaku)
• 正暦(しょうりゃく) (Shōryaku)
• 承暦(じょうりゃく) (Jōryaku)
• 貞享暦(じょうきょうれき) (jōkyōreki)
• 新暦(しんれき) (shinreki)
• 西暦(せいれき) (seireki)
• 太陰暦(たいいんれき) (taīnreki)
• 太陽暦(たいよういん) (taiyōin)
• 中国暦(ちゅうごくれき) (chūgokureki)
• 長暦(ちょうりゃく) (Chōryaku)
• 天暦(てんりゃく) (Tenryaku)
• 天保暦(てんぽうれき) (tenpōreki)
• 仏暦(ぶつれき) (butsureki)
• 文暦(ぶんりゃく) (Bunryaku)
• 宝暦(ほうれき) (hōreki)
• 鳳暦(ほうれき) (hōreki)
• 明暦(めいれき) (Meireki)
• ユリウス暦(れき) (yuriusu reki)
• 陽暦(ようれき) (yōreki)
• 六暦(ろくれき) (rokureki)
• 和暦(われき) (wareki)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
暦
こよみ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
曆 (kyūjitai)

Considered to be a compound of 日(か) (ka, “day”) + 読(よ)み (yomi, “reading; counting”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 読(よ)む (yomu, “to read; to count”)). Literally, “day counting”.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こよみ [kòyómíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) こよみ [kòyómí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞jo̞mʲi]

Noun

暦(こよみ) • (koyomi) 

1. a calendar
2. an almanac

Derived terms

• 仮名暦(かなごよみ) (kanagoyomi)
• 農事暦(のうぎょうこよみ) (nōgyōkoyomi)
• 柱暦(はしらごよみ) (hashiragoyomi)
• 花暦(はなごよみ) (hanagoyomi)
• 日暦(ひごよみ) (higoyomi)
• 古暦(ふるごよみ) (furugoyomi)

See also

• カレンダー (karendā)

References

• “暦”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Okinawan

Shinjitai	暦
Kyūjitai	曆

Kanji

暦

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 曆)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
暦
くゆみ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
曆 (kyūjitai)

Cognate to Japanese 暦 (koyomi, “calendar”)

Noun

暦(くゆみ) (kuyumi) 

1. a calendar
2. an almanac

See also

• 沖縄暦 (uchināguyumi, “lunisolar calendar”)
• 大和暦 (yamatuguyumi, “Gregorian calendar”)

References

• Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963), 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局)