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More information discipline; age; eradiscipline; age; era; period; order; record, primary; first; fundamentalprimary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty) ...

		discipline; age; era discipline; age; era; period; order; record	primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)
trad. (紀元)		紀	元
simp. (纪元)		纪	元

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei² jyun⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kì-goân

(Teochew, Peng'im): gi² nguang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìyuán
  - Wade–Giles: chi⁴-yüan²
  - Yale: jì-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihyuan
  - Palladius: цзиюань (czijuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei² jyun⁴
  - Yale: géi yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei² jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi² yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³⁵ jyːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kì-goân
  - Tâi-lô: kì-guân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kie'goaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki²¹⁻⁵³ ɡuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²¹⁻⁵³ ɡuan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ki¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡuan²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gi² nguang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kí nguâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵²⁻³⁵ ŋuaŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

紀元

the beginning of an era or reign
era; time; period; epoch

Derived terms

公元 (gōngyuán)
新紀元 / 新纪元 (xīnjìyuán)
耶穌紀元 / 耶稣纪元 (Yēsū jìyuán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (紀元):

→ Japanese: 紀(き)元(げん) (kigen)
→ Korean: 기원(紀元) (giwon)
→ Vietnamese: kỉ nguyên (紀元)

Japanese

Pronunciation

More information Kanji in this term ...

Kanji in this term
紀	元
き Grade: 5	げん Grade: 2
kan'on

(Tokyo) きげん [kíꜜgèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [kʲiɡẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

紀(き)元(げん) • (Kigen)

the Common Era
紀(き)元(げん)元(がん)年(ねん)
Kigen gannen
1 CE

西(せい)暦(れき)紀(き)元(げん)
seireki Kigen
the Common Era
(literally, “the Era of the Western calendar”)

西(せい)暦(れき)紀(き)元(げん)前(ぜん) 100(ひゃく)年(ねん)
seireki Kigenzen hyaku-nen
100 BCE
(generally) The basis point for measuring years in a calendar; the year 0 for any given time-reckoning system.
(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).
紀(き)元(げん)節(せつ)
Kigensetsu
the Era Festival