紀元 (きげん) — era

紀元 is read きげん and listed as a noun. Meaning: era.

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Related words

Other words in the dictionary that share a kanji with 紀元.

  • 世紀 せいき century
  • 紀行 きこう traveller's journal
  • 綱紀 こうき law and order
  • 風紀 ふうき public morals
  • 紀元前 きげんぜん pre-era
  • 元本 がんぽん principal
  • 耳元 みみもと close to the ear
  • 元首 げんしゅ sovereign
  • 家元 いえもと head of a school (of music, dance)
  • 一元 いちげん single element
  • 還元 かんげん restoration
  • 襟元 えりもと (around the) neck