Calendar

koyomi, reki

Our calendar is the solar calendar, which can be translated as “tai yōreki.” But we call it karendā and write it in katakana. The lunar calendar is “tai inreki” or “inreki.”

Koyomi means a calendar. Since it is a classical word, it refers to the lunar calendar. The common expression is “koyomi no uedewa …,” which means “on the lunar calendar.” On the lunar calendar, it is spring now (Koyomi no uedewa mou haru desu).

The year of Christ or AD is seireki.

1. Draw the horizontal stroke on the top.
2. Draw the sweeping stroke.
3. Draw the horizontal stroke near the center.
4. Draw the vertical stroke crossing the previous stroke.
5. Draw the sweeping stroke from the previous two strokes intersect.
6. Draw the dot on the other side of the vertical stroke.
7. Draw the horizontal stroke next to the previously drawn horizontal stroke.
8. Draw the vertical stroke crossing the previous stroke.
9. Draw the sweeping stroke from the previous two strokes intersect.
10. Draw the dot on the other side of the vertical stroke.
11. Draw the left side of the rectangle.
12. Draw the upper and right sides of the rectangle.
13. Draw the horizontal stroke in the rectangle.
14. Draw the lower side of the rectangle.