げん
Meanings
Noun
1. era
2. CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)
Kanji used
era
origin
Pitch accent
げん
Top 49700
Composed of
period; Nihon-shoki
unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); New Taiwan dollar; Yuan dynasty (China, 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
pre-era; BC; BCE
Empire Day (February 11th; national holiday held from 1872 to 1948)
new era or epoch
Christian Era; CE
Examples (1 in total)
By the year 2020, the population of our city will have doubled.