西暦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	暦
せい Grade: 2	れき Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
西曆 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーれき [sèérékí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːɾe̞kʲi]

Noun

西(せい)暦(れき) • (seireki) 

1. the western calendar
2. anno Domini, AD; Common Era, CE

   西暦(せいれき)2000年(にせんねん)

   seireki nisen-nen

   the year 2000 by the western calendar

Antonyms

• 邦(ほう)暦(れき) (hōreki), 和(わ)暦(れき) (wareki): the Japanese calendar

References

• “西暦”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.