公元 gōngyuán A.D.

HSK 5 — advanced proficiency: 1,300 new words, 2,500 in all. You can read newspapers, enjoy films and give speeches in Chinese. In HSK 3.0, 公元 is in band 4. HSK 5 explained

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Here is how you say A.D.

中公元。

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Stroke order

公元 is written in 8 strokes across 2 characters.

公元 — the Chinese character for A.D. (gōngyuán), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 公元 — A.D.

公 — 4 strokes
元 — 4 strokes

Senses

CE (Common Era)
Christian Era
AD (Anno Domini)

Characters in 公元

公 gōng — public; collectively owned; common
元 yuán — currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental

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Where 公元 lives

HSK 5 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 4 Practise Topic: Calendar and dates Practise

公元 is pronounced gōngyuán and means “A.D.”.