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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).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

年 nián
year; anniversary; a person's age
radical 51 ⼲ · 6 strokes
代 dài
era, generation; to substitute for, to replace
radical 9 ⼈ · 5 strokes
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “chronology”

WordPinyinMeaning
年表nián biǎotimeline; chronology

Related words

Other words that share a character with 年代学.

WordPinyinMeaning
年代nián dàia decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age
今年jīn niánthis year
每年měi niánevery year; each year
青年qīng niányouth; youthful years
多年duō niánmany years; for many years
年轻 (年輕)nián qīngyoung
代表dài biǎorepresentative; delegate
时代 (時代)shí dàiage; era
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; 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.

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