月

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Etymology

Pictogram (象形), originally of the crescent moon.

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Usage notes

As part of a compound, should not be confused with ⺼, form of 肉 (“flesh, meat”), which is used for example for parts of the body such as 背 (“back”). These may be drawn identically, as 月, but in careful use they are distinguished, with ⺼ written with unattached diagonal strokes. This is particularly an issue in looking up characters by radical; compare 月 index and 肉 index.

Han character

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

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/月

See also

• 青
• ⺼ 冃 (graphically similar)

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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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): ngie̍t
• Min Dong (BUC): nguŏk
• Min Nan (POJ): gua̍t / gue̍h / ge̍h
• Wu (WT Romanisation): hhyq (T5); hhioq (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
    • Wade-Giles: yüeh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
    • IPA ^(key): /y̯œ⁵¹/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶
    • Yale: yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngie̍t
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /ɲi̯et̚⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nguŏk
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋuoʔ⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gua̍t / gue̍h / ge̍h
    • Tâi-lô: gua̍t / gue̍h / ge̍h
    • IPA (Taipei): /guat̚⁴/, /gueʔ⁴/, /geʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /guat̚¹²¹/, /gueʔ¹²¹/, /geʔ¹²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: hhyq (T5); hhioq (T5)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦɥ̯ɪʔ¹²/, /ɦi̯ʊʔ¹²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (月, reconstructed)
Character (月), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 月 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 魚厥切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋʉɐt̚/	/ŋi̯wɐt̚/	/ŋiuɐt̚/	/ŋʷiɐt̚/	/ŋuat̚/	/ŋĭwɐn/	/ŋiuɐt̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (月, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
月								yuè								‹ ngjwot ›								/*[ŋ]ʷat/								moon, month
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
月					16319					月					月					3					月					/*ŋod/

Noun

月 (classifier 輪／轮, 個／个)

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

Synonyms

• (moon): 月亮

Compounds

Derived terms

• 新月形面包

• 月下老人

• 月中

• 月亮

• 月亮地兒／月亮地儿

• 月亮門兒／月亮门儿

• 月令

• 月份, 月份兒／月份儿

• 月份牌, 月份牌兒／月份牌儿

• 月例

• 月俸

• 月偏食

• 月光

• 月入

• 月全食

• 月刊

• 月初

• 月利

• 月半

• 月報／月报

• 月夜

• 月子

• 月子病

• 月季

• 月宮／月宫

• 月尾

• 月底

• 月度

• 月息

• 月曆／月历

• 月末

• 月牙, 月牙兒／月牙儿, 月芽, 月芽兒／月芽儿

• 月球

• 月球儀／月球仪

• 月琴

• 月白

• 月白風情／月白风情

• 月相

• 月票

• 月終／月终

• 月經／月经

• 月老

• 月臺／月台

• 月臺票／月台票

• 月色

• 月華／月华

• 月薪

• 月藍／月蓝

• 月門／月门

• 月食

• 月餅／月饼

See also

Months of the year

一月 (yīyuè, "January") 二月 (èryuè, "February") 三月 (sānyuè, "March")

四月 (sìyuè, "April") 五月 (wŭyuè, "May") 六月 (liùyuè, "June")

七月 (qīyuè, "July") 八月 (bāyuè, "August") 九月 (jiŭyuè, "September")

十月 (shíyuè, "October") 十一月 (shíyīyuè, "November") 十二月 (shíèryuè, "December")

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Japanese

Kanji

月

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. moon
2. a month (on the lunar calendar)
3. every month
4. menstruation
5. abbreviation for 月曜日 (Monday)

Readings

• Goon: がち (gachi), がつ (gatsu)
• Kan’on: げつ (getsu)
• Kan’yōon: がつ (gatsu)
• Kun: つき (tsuki), つく (tsuku)
• Nanori: おと (oto), がっ (ga), す (su), ずき (zuki), もり (mori)

Compounds

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 月食, 月蝕 (げっしょく, gesshoku): lunar eclipse 月次 (げつじ, getsuji): monthly 月賦 (げっぷ, geppu): monthly payment, monthly installment 月曜日 (げつようび, getsuyōbi): Monday 月例 (げつれい, getsurei): monthly 月齢 (げつれい, getsurei): the number of days of the moon 月代 (つきしろ, tsukishiro): lunar era 月並み (つきなみ, tsukinami): mediocrity 月餅 (げっぺい, geppei): a moon cake, a type of Chinese confectionery

月末 (げつまつ, getsumatsu): the end of the month 月日 (がっぴ, gappi): the date 月旦 (げったん, gettan): the first day of the month 有明の月 (ありあけのつき, ariake no tsuki): the moon when it is still visible after the sun has risen 日進月歩 (にっしんげっぽ, nisshingeppo): rapid advance 日月 (じつげつ, jitsugetsu): sun and moon 毎月 (まいつき, maitsuki): every month 雨月 (うげつ, ugetsu): the fifth lunar month 新月 (しんげつ, shingetsu): new moon 月形 (つきがた, tsukigata): a crescent moon 三日月 (みかづき, mikazuki): crescent moon 半月 (はんつき, hantsuki; はんげつ, hangetsu): half moon 半月 (はにわり, haniwari): a hermaphrodite 満月 (まんげつ, mangetsu): full moon 無月 (むげつ, mugetsu): moonless sky 月夜 (げつや, getsuya; つきよ, tsukiyo; つくよ, tsukuyo): a moonlit night; moonlight 月読, 月夜見 (つくよみ, Tsukuyomi; つきよみ, Tsukiyomi): the Japanese god of the moon

See also

Japanese months

一月 (いちがつ, ichigatsu): January 二月 (にがつ, nigatsu): February 三月 (さんがつ, sangatsu): March 四月 (しがつ, shigatsu): April 五月 (ごがつ, gogatsu): May 六月 (ろくがつ, rokugatsu): June

七月 (しちがつ, shichigatsu): July 八月 (はちがつ, hachigatsu): August 九月 (くがつ, kugatsu): September 十月 (じゅうがつ, jūgatsu): October 十一月 (じゅういちがつ, jūichigatsu): November 十二月 (じゅうにがつ, jūnigatsu ): December

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term

月

つき Grade: 1

kun'yomi

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) つき​ [tsùkíꜜ] (Odaka - [o])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɯᵝki]

Noun

月 (hiragana つき, romaji tsuki)

1. the moon

   日本 (にほん)では月 (つき)にうさぎが住 (す)んでいるというお話 (はなし)があります。

   nihon de wa tsuki ni usagi ga sunde iru to iu o-hanashi ga arimasu.

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

   月 (つき)は地球 (ちきゅう)の唯一 (ゆいいつ)の衛星 (えいせい)です。

   Tsuki wa chikyū no yuiitsu no eisei desu.

   The moon is the only one satellite of the Earth.

2. the lunar cycle, a month

   月 (つき)に一度 (いちど)、旅行 (りょこう)に出 (で)かけます。

   Tsuki ni ichi do, ryokō ni dekakemasu.

   I go for a trip once a month.

3. (tarot): The Moon; the eighteenth trump or major arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks.

Synonyms

Kanji in this term

月

がつ Grade: 1

on'yomi

• (the moon): 太陰, ムーン

Suffix

月 (hiragana がつ, romaji -gatsu)

1. month of the year

References

JIS: 376E Kuten: 2378 Shift JIS: 8c8e EUC-JP: B7EE Frequency: 23 Nelson: 2169

New Nelson: 2530 Halpern: 2956 Halpern Learners: 1876 Heisig: 13 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 4b0.1

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Usage notes

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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Korean

Hanja

月 (wol)
Eumhun:

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

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

月 (nguyệt, ngoạt)

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