月

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 Usage notes 1.2.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms 3.3 See also 3.4 Kanji 3.4.1 Readings 3.4.2 Compounds 3.4.3 References 3.4.4 Other info 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.3 Noun 5.3.1 Compounds 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

月 is a pictographic representation, originally of the crescent moon. The meaning Monday is a borrowing.

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

[edit] Han character

月 (radical 74 月+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 月 (B), four-corner 7722₀, composition ⿵冂二)

1. moon
2. month
3. KangXi radical 74 月

[edit] Usage notes

As part of a character the pictograph 月 is also used to stand for 肉.

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 504, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14330
• Dae Jaweon: page 879, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2041, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6708

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

月 (jyutping jyut6, Yale yut6)

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[edit] Japanese

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[edit] Noun

月 (hiragana つき, romaji tsuki)

1. the moon

   日本では月にうさぎが住んでいるというお話があります。

   にほんではつきにうさぎがすんでいるというおはなしがあります。

   Nihon de wa tsuki ni usagi ga sunde iru toiu ohanashi ga arimasu.

   In Japan, there is a fairy-tale that rabbits live on the moon.

   月は地球の唯一の衛星です。

   つきはちきゅうのゆいいつのえいせいです。

   Tsuki wa chikyū no yui'itsu no eisei desu.

   Moon is the only one satellite of the Earth.

2. a month

   月に一度、旅行に出かけます。

   つきにいちど、りょこうにでかけます。

   Tsuki ni ichido, ryokō ni dekake masu.

   I go for a trip once a month.

[edit] Noun

月 (hiragana つく, romaji tsuku)

1. moon

[edit] Derived terms

• 月夜 (tsukuyo)
• 月読, 月夜見 (tsukuyomi)

[edit] See also

一月: January 二月: February 三月: March 四月: April 五月: May 六月: June

七月: July 八月: August 九月: September 十月: October 十一月: November 十二月: December

[edit] Kanji

月 (grade 1 kanji)

1. moon
2. a month (on the lunar calendar)
3. every month
4. menstruation that take place every month
5. (only in Japanese) abbreviation for 月曜日(Monday)

[edit] Readings

• On: げつ (getsu), がつ (gatsu)
• Go'on: ごち (gochi)
• Kun: つき (tsuki), げつ(getsu)
• Nanori: (zuki), (su), (ga), (oto), (mori)

[edit] Compounds

月下氷人 (げっかひょうじん, gekkahyōjin): matchmaker 月影 (つきかげ, tsukikage): moonlight 月額 (げつがく, getsugaku): monthly amount 月刊 (げっかん, gekkan): monthly publication 月極 (つきぎめ, tsukigime): monthly 月経 (げっけい, gekkei): menstruation 月桂樹 (げっけいじゅ, gekkeiju): laurel tree 月光 (げっこう, gekkō): moonlight 月蝕、月食 (げっしょく, gesshoku): lunar eclipse

月賦 (げっぷ, geppu): monthly payment 月末 月曜、月曜日 (げつよう(び), getsuyō(bi)): Monday 月例 (げつれい, getsurei): monthly 月齢 (げつれい, getsurei): 月代 (つきしろ, tsukishiro): 月並み (つきなみ, tsukinami): 月日

有明の月 (ありあけのつき, ariake no tsuki): 日進月歩 (にっしんげっぽ, nisshingeppo): rapid advance 日月 新月 (しんげつ, shingetsu): new moon 半月 (はんげつ, hangetsu): half moon 毎月 (まいげつ, maigetsu): every month 満月 (まんげつ, mangetsu): full moon

[edit] References

• Kuten:2378
• Shift_JIS: 8C8E
• JIS: 376E

[edit] Other info

When used in compounds counting a number of months with "ヶ"(か, ka), 月 is pronounced as げつ (getsu). When used in compounds for modern months of the year, it is pronounced as がつ (gatsu). When used for poetic or lunar months, it is pronounced as つき (tsuki).

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

月
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 월 (revised: wol, McCune-Reischauer: wŏl, Yale: wel)

• Name (hangeul): 달 (revised: dal, McCune-Reischauer: tal, Yale: tal)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

月 (pinyin yuè (yue4), Wade-Giles yüeh⁴)

simpl. and trad.

月

[edit] Noun

月 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yuè)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) moon
2. (Beginning Mandarin) month

[edit] Compounds

月白 月白风情 月半 月报 月饼 月初 月底 月度 月份, 月份儿 月份牌, 月份牌儿 月俸 月宫 月光

月华 月季 月经 月刊 月蓝 月老 月历 月利 月例 月亮 月亮地儿 月亮门儿 月令

月门 月末 月偏食 月票 月琴 月球 月球仪 月全食 月入 月色 月食 月台 月台票

月尾 月息 月下老人 月相 月薪 月牙, 月牙儿, 月芽, 月芽儿 月夜 月中 月终 月子 月子病 新月形面包

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

月 (*ngiuæt)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

月 (nguyệt, ngoạt)