紀き元げん
Meanings
Noun
1. era
2. CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)
Kanji used
era
origin
Pitch accent
き
げん
Composed of
period; Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); (Taiwan) dollar; Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty
Used in vocabulary (9 in total)
pre-era; BC; BCE
Empire Day (February 11th; national holiday held from 1872 to 1948)
new era; new epoch
Christian Era; CE
Holocene Era (calendar year numbering system); Human Era
The Epoch Times
Examples (1 in total)
By the year 2020, the population of our city will have doubled.