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)

1. moon
2. month, traditional Chinese lunar month
3. (used to form names of months)
4. KangXi radical 74 月

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
• http://www.kanjinetworks.com/eng/kanji-dictionary/online-kanji-etymology-dictionary.cfm

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Cantonese

Hanzi

月 (jyutping jyut6, Yale yut6)

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Hakka

Hanzi

月 (POJ nyet8, Guangdong ngiet⁸; nget⁸ [Meixian, Dongguan], Hagfa Pinyim ngiad6)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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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

• Kan'on: げつ (getsu)
• Kanyō'on: 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

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. the lunar cycle, 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.

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

Coordinate terms

• タロット (tarotto): The tarot.

Synonyms

• (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
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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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

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

simpl. and trad.
月

Noun

月 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yuè)

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

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

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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Middle Chinese

Han character

月 (*ngiuæt)

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Vietnamese

Han character

月 (nguyệt, ngoạt)