Chinese-Japanese-Korean date phrase year phrase day of year phrase day phrase month phrase year phrase era name initial cycle character final cycle character numeric character phrase year character numeric character phrase year character initial cycle character final cycle character cardinal number year character (Korean) year phrase era name year in era phrase Chinese-Japanese year Korean year year ordered last cardinal number year character (Korean) year ordered last both cycle characters initial cycle character final cycle character year character numeric character phrase month phrase intercalary month character numeric character phrase month character cardinal number month character (Korean) month phrase Chinese-Japanese month Korean month intercalary month character numeric character phrase month character cardinal number month character (Korean) day phrase numeric character phrase the word 'chu' numeric character day character cardinal number day character (Korean) day phrase Chinese-Japanese day Korean day Chinese number cardinal number day character (Korean) numeric character the word 'chu' day character numeric character phrase numeric character multiple numeric characters numeric character phrase numeric character optional additional characters era name dynasty phrase emperor name reign name emperor name reign name reign name dynasty phrase the word for 'great' dynasty name dynasty character era name full dynasty phrase era by emperor era by dynasty reign option emperor name dynasty phrase reign name the word for 'great' dynasty character dynasty name

3.5 Phrase structure rules listed (CJK). PS-RULES for the calendar used in China, Japan, and Korea describe the elements for giving a date using lunar months and regnal years. The intended interpretation for the elements corresponding to these symbols, while appearing in brief in earlier paragraphs, are found in more detail in the glossary.

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