曆 (lik6 | li4) : calendar; era

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曆

lik6

li4

[1] [n] calendar [2] [n] age; era [3] [v] calculate; count

Stroke count: 16

Level: 3

Radical: 日 (#72)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

曆 / 历

This word has been viewed 6987 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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日曆 jat6 lik6 ri4 li4 = calendar; solar calendar

月曆 jyut6 lik6 yue4 li4 = lunar calendar; Chinese calendar

陽曆 joeng4 lik6 yang2 li4 = solar calendar; Western (Gregorian) calendar

陰曆 jam1 lik6 = lunar calendar; Chinese calendar

農曆新年 nung4 lik6 san1 nin4 nong2 li4 xin1 nian2 = Chinese New Year

農曆 nung4 lik6 nong2 li4 = the traditional Chinese (lunar) calendar

舊曆年 gau6 lik6 nin4 jiu4 li4 nian2 = the Lunar New Year

舊曆 gau6 lik6/lek6 = the Lunar Calendar

曆年 lik6 nin4 li4 nian2 = calendar year

年曆 nin4 lik6 nian2 li4 = single-page year calendar; an almanac

曆月 lik6 jyut6 li4 yue4 = calendar month

掛曆 gwaa3 lik6 gua4 li4 = wall calendar

農曆八月十五 nung4 lik6 baat3 jyut6 sap6 ng5 = the 15th day of the 8th month of the Lunar calendar (Mid-Autumn Festival)

夏曆 haa6 lik6 xia4 li4 = the traditional Chinese lunar calendar

坐檯月曆 zo6 toi4*2 jyut6 lik6 = desk calendar

新曆年 san1 lik6 nin4 xin1 li4 nian2 = 1. the new year of the Gregorian calendar 2.the Gregorian calendar 3. the solar calendar 粵

按老皇曆辦事 on3 lou5 wong4 lik6 baan6 si6 an4 lao3 huang2 li4 ban4 shi4 = to continue in the same old rut; follow the beaten track

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 曆
Unicode code for this character: U+66C6 (off-site link)

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