Chinese symbol for “chronology”
年代学
nián dài xué
Traditional: 年代學
chronology (the science of determining the dates of past events)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for chronology is 年代学 (nián dài xué), defined as: chronology (the science of determining the dates of past events).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “chronology”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 年代学.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 年代 | nián dài | a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 每年 | měi nián | every year; each year |
| 青年 | qīng nián | youth; youthful years |
| 多年 | duō nián | many years; for many years |
| 年轻 (年輕) | nián qīng | young |
| 代表 | dài biǎo | representative; delegate |
| 时代 (時代) | shí dài | age; era |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
See also: Japanese symbol for “chronology”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.