歴

See also: 歷 and 历

Translingual

Traditional	歷
Shinjitai	歴
Simplified	历

Glyph origin

Variant of 歷, simplified from 歷 (秝 → 林).

The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.

Han character

歴 (Kangxi radical 77, 止+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一木木一 (MDDM), composition ⿸𠩵止)

Related characters

• 暦

See also

• 麻

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 577, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16334
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1444, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6B74

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 歴 – see 歷 (“to experience; to go through; to undergo; experience; history; record; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 歷).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	歴
Kyūjitai	歷

Kanji

歴

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 歷)

1. take place, past, history

Readings

• Go-on: りゃく (ryaku)
• Kan-on: れき (reki, Jōyō)
• Kun: へる (heru, 歴る)

Compounds

• 歴(れき)史(し) (rekishi): history