卯月

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Chinese

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4th earthly branch; 5–7 a.m. moon; month
simp. and trad.
(卯月)

Etymology 1

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卯月

  1. (archaic) The second month of the Chinese lunar calendar.
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Etymology 2

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卯月

  1. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 卯月, Uzuki

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
つき > づき
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

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From (u, short for 卯の花 (unohana), “deutzia flower) +‎ (tsuki, month).

The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

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()(づき) (uzuki

  1. (archaic) the fourth month of the lunar calendar
  2. (poetic) the month when deutzia flowers are in bloom: April

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Coordinate terms: 睦月, 如月, 弥生, 卯月, 皐月, 水無月, 文月, 葉月, 長月, 神無月, 霜月, 師走

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Proper noun

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()(づき) (Uzuki

  1. (historical) a 神風 (Kamikaze)-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy
  2. (historical) a 睦月 (Mutsuki)-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, see Japanese destroyer Uzuki (1925) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  3. a female given name
  4. a surname

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN