Meaning

Primary

Common Era

Alternatives

CE, Anno Domini, AD

Word Type

noun

Explanation

What does the narrative origin have coming after it? Well, the way we've counted years for the past couple of millenia has a specific narrative at its origin, and everything that comes after it is the Common Era, aka AD, or anno Domini.

Just in case you don't know what narrative we're talking about: it's the narrative of Jesus's birth, which is the year that we say the Common Era started.

Reading

きげんご
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Patterns of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 紀元後330年

    330 CE

    紀元後二世紀ごろ

    around the second century CE

    紀元後一世紀

    first century CE

Context Sentences

紀元後64年にローマで大火事が発生したのを知っていますか?

Did you know that in 64 A.D. there was a huge fire in Rome?

パピルスは紀元後10世紀ぐらいまで使われていた。

Papyrus was in use until about the 10th century A.D.

え、こないだ会った時より日本語めっちゃ上手になってない?紀元前と紀元後くらいちがうじゃん。

Oh, your Japanese so much better than last time we met, isn't it? It's like two different eras.

Kanji Composition