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キリスト紀元 (キリストきげん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

キリスト紀き元げん

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Meanings

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noun

Christian Era; CE

A formal term for the Western calendar era, equivalent to 西暦. Used in historical, academic, or religious contexts.

See also: 西暦

この文ぶん書しょはキリスト紀き元げん800年ねん頃ころに書かかれた。
This document was written around 800 CE.

キリスト紀き元げんは、イエス・キリストの誕たん生じょうを基き準じゅんとする紀き年ねん法ほうです。

The Christian Era is a calendar system based on the birth of Jesus Christ.

Kanji

紀chronicle, account, narrative
元beginning, former time, origin

Similar words

西せい暦れき
西暦 is the common, everyday term for the Western calendar (AD/CE). キリスト紀元 is more formal and explicitly Christian in nuance, often used in historical or religious writing.

Etymology

Compound of キリスト (Christ) and 紀元 (era, epoch). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term follows the pattern of other era names like 神武紀元.