暦 means “calendar, almanac”

こよみ · koyomi

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

こよみ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

レキ, リャク

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 14 strokes

The story

Under a cliff (厂), two trees (林) and a sun (日): picture marks scratched to count the passing days. 西暦 is the Western year, 還暦, the calendar come full circle, is a 60th birthday, and 暦の上では春, spring by the calendar, is a forecaster's line in cold February.

Used in 暦 (koyomi, calendar/almanac), 西暦 (seireki, Western calendar year), and 還暦 (kanreki, 60th birthday)

More from Moments & Eras

• 遍 everywhere
• 迅 swift
• 頃 around (a time)
• 漸 gradually
• 紀 chronicle
• 節 joint
• 既 already
• 暫 temporary
• 旬 in season
• 即 immediate
• 瞬 instant
• 恒 constant

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.