紀き元げん前ぜん
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Meanings
Noun
Adverb
1. pre-era; BC; BCE
Kanji used
Pitch accent
きげんぜん
きげんぜん
Composed of
紀き元げん
era; CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)
Noun
前ぜん
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; ex-; former; pre- (e.g. premodern); before
Prefix
Examples5
First came the Celts in 600 B.C.
Christ was born in 4 BC.
And then the Romans came in 55 B. C.
Some of the oldest Chinese chopsticks date from 1200 B.C.
In 776 B.C., the first Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honor the Greeks' chief god, Zeus.