How to read it

2032 minus 2019, the year Reiwa began, plus one, gives 14: 令和14年. The shortcut Japanese people use: add 18 to a Reiwa year and you have the last two digits of the Western year — 14 + 18 = 32. On paper it is R14: forms print the era options — 明・大・昭・平・令, or the letters M T S H R — beside the date box, and you circle one and write the number. This is a projection. An era lasts as long as the emperor reigns, so a year after 2026 carries its Reiwa number only provisionally; a new era would restart the count at gannen from the day it began.

2032 in the Chinese zodiac

2032 is the year of the Water Rat (壬子). The zodiac year began on 11 February 2032.

Other years

• 2027令和9年
• 2028令和10年
• 2029令和11年
• 2030令和12年
• 2031令和13年
• 2033令和15年
• 2034令和16年
• 2035令和17年
• 2036令和18年
• 2037令和19年

Every year of the Reiwa era → · How the Japanese calendar works, and every year 1868–2050