"紀元" meaning in Japanese

See 紀元 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [kʲiɡẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 紀元 [canonical] (ruby: (), (げん)), Kigen [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|きげん}} 紀(き)元(げん) • (Kigen)
  1. the Common Era Categories (topical): Calendar
    Sense id: en-紀元-ja-name-pe1iI5Z7 Disambiguation of Calendar: 54 17 18 11 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 54 14 13 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 51 14 17 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 49 19 11 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 53 18 11 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 55 12 17 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 54 13 16 17
  2. (generally) The basis point for measuring years in a calendar; the year 0 for any given time-reckoning system.
    Sense id: en-紀元-ja-name-f0IiJin1
  3. (historical) The era of all emperors to have ever ruled Japan, starting with Emeperor Jinmu's supposed ascension in 660 BCE, established in 1872 (5th year of the Meiji era). Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-紀元-ja-name-0cNeswR5 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

Proper name

IPA: [kʲiɡẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 紀元 [canonical] (ruby: (のり), (もと)), Norimoto [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|のりもと}} 紀(のり)元(もと) • (Norimoto)
  1. a male given name Categories (topical): Japanese given names, Japanese male given names
    Sense id: en-紀元-ja-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

Download JSON data for 紀元 meaning in Japanese (4.7kB)

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          "text": "西暦紀元\nseireki Kigen\nthe Common Era\n(literally, “the Era of the Western calendar”)"
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