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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 纪元

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
纪元 jì yuán - calendar era
- epoch

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 42,253 51,262 44,941

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- surname Ji
- also pr. [Ji4]
- order
- discipline
- age
- era
- period
- to chronicle
yuán- surname Yuan
- Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
yuán- currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
- (bound form) first; original; primary
- (bound form) basic; fundamental
- (bound form) constituent; part
- (prefix) meta-
- (math.) argument; variable
- era (of a reign)
- (Tw) (geology) eon

Other Words Containing 纪元

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
新纪元 - - 24,820 32,790 35,881
纪元 - - 42,253 51,262 44,941