Japanese symbol for “ce”
西暦
せいれき
Romaji: seireki
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; anno domini
In Japanese, ce is 西暦, read せいれき (seireki).
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Meanings
- n Common Era; CE; Christian Era; anno domini; AD
- n Western (Gregorian) calendar
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “ce”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 紀元 | きげん kigen | CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini) |
| 絶滅寸前 | ぜつめつすんぜん zetsumetsusunzen | Critically Endangered (conservation status); CE |
| ＣＥ | シー・イー shii・ii | concurrent engineering; CE |
| キリスト紀元 | キリストきげん kirisutokigen | Christian Era; CE |
| 欧州会議 | おうしゅうかいぎ oushuukaigi | Council of Europe; CE |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 東西 | とうざい touzai | east and west |
| 西洋 | せいよう seiyou | the West; the Occident; Western countries |
| 関西 | かんさい kansai | Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures) |
| 西部 | せいぶ seibu | western part; the west (of a region) |
| 南西 | なんせい nansei | southwest |
| 北西 | ほくせい hokusei | northwest |
| 旧暦 | きゅうれき kyuureki | Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar |
| 還暦 | かんれき kanreki | kanreki; one's 60th birthday (or 61st in the traditional age reckoning system) when one has lived through a full sexagenary cycle |
See also: Chinese symbol for “ce”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.