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暦 こよみ、りゃく 暦(こよみ): calendar; almanac西暦(せいれき): Christian Era; CE; anno domini; AD還暦(かんれき): 60th birthday S 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27)林: grove; forest日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 日 4 曆 calendar This is just a picture of a wall calendar with a page for each month. The bottom half has the grid of days, the top half has a pretty picture of a forest this month. The cliff radical here is the top and left edges of the paper. You can see the paper curling up at the lower left where a breeze is trying to turn the page.

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レキ calendar, almanac 1 1765 14 72 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん 会意 Compound Ideographic Years-Months-Days: It takes many years for a cliff to form or erode. A tree takes many months to grow. But days pass by regularly - so in this way, we see the movement of time such as with a CALENDAR. 213

Kanji	暦
Onyomi	レキ
Kunyomi	こよみ、りゃく
English	calendar, almanac
Examples	暦(こよみ): calendar; almanac 西暦(せいれき): Christian Era; CE; anno domini; AD 還暦(かんれき): 60th birthday
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1765
Components	厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 林: grove; forest 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days
Number of Strokes	14
Kanji Radical	日
Radical Number	72
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん
Traditional Form	曆
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	calendar
Koohii Story 1	Years-Months-Days: It takes many years for a cliff to form or erode. A tree takes many months to grow. But days pass by regularly - so in this way, we see the movement of time such as with a CALENDAR.
Koohii Story 2	This is just a picture of a wall calendar with a page for each month. The bottom half has the grid of days, the top half has a pretty picture of a forest this month. The cliff radical here is the top and left edges of the paper. You can see the paper curling up at the lower left where a breeze is trying to turn the page.
RTK Index	213

Cliff Almanac Radical Forest Days Calendar Takes Picture