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Kanji Detail for 歴 - "history, pass through"

歴

  • Meaning

    歴 means "history, pass through." Also associated with calendar.

    1. History - Past events; records.

    2. Pass through - To experience; to undergo.

    3. Calendar - A system of time.

  • Words using 歴

    • 歴史 れきし Listen history
    • 歴史的 れきしてき Listen historical; traditional; historic
    • 歴代 れきだい Listen successive generations; successive emperors
    • 学歴 がくれき Listen academic background; academic credentials; academic record
    • 歴訪 れきほう Listen round of calls; tour of visitation
    • 経歴 けいれき Listen personal history; background; career
    • 履歴書 りれきしょ Listen personal history document; curriculum vitae; resume
    • 歴然 れきぜん Listen evident; plain; distinct

  • Four-character idioms with 歴

    • 故事来歴 こじらいれき Listen origin and history; particulars

  • Tattoo check: 歴

    • Verified meaning: history, pass through
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ゆき, れき)
    • Also carries these associations: calendar

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 歴

    Given names 歴(ゆき)Listen 歴(れき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    curriculum; continuation; passage of time

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    take place, past, history

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 歷|历[li4]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    reki(レキ) レキ

    rekki(レッキ) レッキ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    止 (tomeru・tomehen)

  • Related Keywords

    history pass through calendar clearly cross over sequentially chronicle record account ancestry archives experience genealogy heritage past time tradition undergo

Sentences including 歴

  • He has a lot of books on history.

  • I want to study history.

  • I am interested in japanese history.

  • I will tell you the history of my life.

  • I am interested in history.

  • He will be reading a historical novel.

  • I like history.

  • He instructed students in history at school.

  • I take great interest in history.

  • The police looked into the records of the man.

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