暦

See also: 曆 and 历

暦 U+66A6, 暦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66A6 ← 暥 [U+66A5] CJK Unified Ideographs 暧 → [U+66A7]

Translingual

Traditional	曆
Shinjitai	暦
Simplified	历

Stroke order

Han character

暦 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一木木日 (MDDA), composition ⿸厂𣈅)

Derived characters

• 𫞒

Related characters

• 歴

See also

• 麻

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 499, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14111
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 78, character 1
• Unihan data for U+66A6

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 暦 – see 曆 (“calendar”). (This character is a variant form of 曆).

Japanese

Shinjitai	暦
Kyūjitai	曆

Kanji

暦

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 曆)

Readings

• Go-on: りゃく (ryaku)
• Kan-on: れき (reki, Jōyō)
• Kun: こよみ (koyomi, 暦, Jōyō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
暦
こよみ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
曆 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 日 (ka, “day”) +‎ 読む (yomu, “count”), nominalized. Literally, “day counting”.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こよみ [kòyómíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) こよみ [kòyómí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞jo̞mʲi]

Noun

暦(こよみ) • (koyomi) 

1. a calendar
2. an almanac

See also

• カレンダー (karendā)

Okinawan

Shinjitai	暦
Kyūjitai	曆

Kanji

暦

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 曆)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
暦
くゆみ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
曆 (kyūjitai)

Cognate to Japanese 暦 (koyomi, “calendar”)

Noun

暦(くゆみ) (kuyumi) 

1. a calendar
2. an almanac

See also

• 沖縄暦 (uchināguyumi, “lunisolar calendar”)
• 大和暦 (yamatuguyumi, “Gregorian calendar”)

References

• Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局)