日月

See also: 明

Chinese

		day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	moon; month
simp. and trad. (日月)		日	月
anagram		月日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ jyut⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngit-ngie̍t / ngit-ngia̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): li̍t-ge̍h / ji̍t-ge̍h / ji̍t-goe̍h / li̍t-goe̍h / li̍t-ge̍rh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhyuè
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: r̀-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhyueh
    • Palladius: жиюэ (žijue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ jyut⁶
    • Yale: yaht yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² jyːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngit-ngie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngid` ngied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngid<sup>5</sup> ngiad<sup>6</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋit̚² ŋi̯et̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngit-ngia̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngid` ngiad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngid⁵ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋit̚² ŋi̯at̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-ge̍h
    • Tâi-lô: li̍t-ge̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lidgeh
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lit̚⁴⁻³² ɡeʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: dated in Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍t-ge̍h
    • Tâi-lô: ji̍t-ge̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jidgeh
    • IPA (Xiamen): /d͡zit̚⁴⁻³² ɡeʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍t-goe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: ji̍t-gue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jidgoeh
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zit̚⁴⁻³² ɡueʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-goe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: li̍t-gue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lidgoeh
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lit̚⁴⁻³² ɡueʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-ge̍rh
    • Tâi-lô: li̍t-ge̍rh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lit̚²⁴⁻² ɡəʔ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: nyit ngjwot

Rime
Character	日	月
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	眞 (48)	元 (68)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	人質切	魚厥切
Baxter	nyit	ngjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪt̚/	/ŋʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵit̚/	/ŋʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjet̚/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵit̚/	/ŋuat̚/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕt̚/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕt̚/	/ŋĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/	/ŋi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rì	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jat6	jyut6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.nik  [ŋ]ʷat/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njiɡ  ŋod/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	日	月
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rì	yuè
Middle Chinese	‹ nyit ›	‹ ngjwot ›
Old Chinese	/*C.nik/	/*[ŋ]ʷat/
English	sun; day	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	日	月
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10845	16319
Phonetic component	日	月
Rime group	質	月
Rime subdivision	2	3
Corresponding MC rime	日	月
Old Chinese	/*njiɡ/	/*ŋod/

Noun

日月

1. (literally) sun and moon

   • 故上悖日月之明，下爍山川之精，中墮四時之施，惴耎之蟲，肖翹之物，莫不失其性。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     故上悖日月之明，下烁山川之精，中堕四时之施，惴耎之虫，肖翘之物，莫不失其性。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Gù shàng bèi rìyuè zhī míng, xià shuò shānchuān zhī jīng, zhōng duò sìshí zhī shī, zhuìnuò zhī chóng, xiàoqiào zhī wù, mòbù shī qí xìng. [Pinyin]

     It is just as if, above, the brightness of the sun and moon were darkened; as if, beneath, the productive vigour of the hills and streams were dried up; and as if, between, the operation of the four seasons were brought to an end: in which case there would not be a single weak and wriggling insect, nor any plant that grows up, which would not lose its proper nature.

   • 日月之行，若出其中。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Han dynasty, Cao Cao, 《觀滄海》(Watching the Blue Sea)

     Rìyuè zhī xíng, ruò chū qízhōng. [Pinyin]

     The sun and the moon seemed to rise
     From the inside of it (the sea).

2. (figurative) life; livelihood
3. (figurative) time; times

Derived terms

• 不同日月
• 參辰日月／参辰日月
• 壺中日月／壶中日月
• 壺天日月／壶天日月
• 懸若日月／悬若日月
• 日月交食
• 日月入懷／日月入怀
• 日月其除
• 日月升恆 (rìyuèshēnghéng)
• 日月參辰／日月参辰
• 日月合璧
• 日月如梭
• 日月如流
• 日月星辰 (rìyuèxīngchén)
• 日月潭 (Rìyuètán)
• 日月無光／日月无光
• 日月經天，江河行地／日月经天，江河行地
• 日月蹉跎
• 日月逾邁／日月逾迈
• 日月重光
• 日月麗天／日月丽天
• 明並日月／明并日月
• 時光似箭，日月如梭／时光似箭，日月如梭
• 枉費日月／枉费日月
• 貫日月／贯日月

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (日月):

• → Japanese: 日月(じつげつ) (jitsugetsu)
• → Korean: 일월(日月) (irwol)
• → Vietnamese: nhật nguyệt (日月)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	月
じつ Grade: 1	げつ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From 日(じつ) (jitsu, “sun”) + 月(げつ) (getsu, “moon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑit͡sɨᵝɡe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

日(じつ)月(げつ) • (jitsugetsu) 

1. sun and moon
2. life, livelihood

Korean

Hanja in this term
日	月

Noun

日月 • (irwol) (hangeul 일월)

1. Hanja form^? of 일월 (“sun and moon”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
日	月

Noun

日月

1. chữ Hán form of nhật nguyệt (“sun and moon”).