弦月

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Chinese[edit]

bow string; string of mus. instr. moon; month
simp. and trad.
(弦月)

Pronunciation[edit]


Noun[edit]

弦月

  1. crescent moon

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
げん
Grade: S
げつ
Grade: 1
goon kan’on
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弦月 (gengetsu): the waxing half-moon.

Etymology[edit]

Appears to be a learned borrowing from Chinese 弦月 (xiányuè). First cited in a Japanese text in 1698.[1] May have been in use prior to this, considering that partial synonyms 上弦 (jōgen) and 下弦 (kagen) are attested already in the late 800s.[2][3]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(げん)(げつ) (gengetsuげんげつ (gengetu)?

  1. [from 1698] half-moon
    Synonym: 弓張り月 (yumiharizuki)
    Hyponyms: 上弦 (jōgen, waxing half-moon, first-quarter moon), 下弦 (kagen, waning half-moon, third- or last-quarter moon)

References[edit]

  1. ^ 弦月”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ 上弦”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. ^ 下弦”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[3] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  4. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term

Noun[edit]

弦月 (hyeonwol) (hangeul 현월)

  1. Hanja form? of 현월.