如月

Chinese

		as (if); such as	moon; month
trad. (如月)		如	月
simp. #(如月)		如	月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Rúyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄩㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Rúyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Rúyuè
    • Wade–Giles: Ju²-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: Rú-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ruyueh
    • Palladius: Жуюэ (Žujue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 如月

1. (archaic) The second month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

Synonyms

• 杏月 (Xìngyuè), 麗月／丽月 (Lìyuè), 花月 (huāyuè), 柳月, 仲春, 酣春, 艷春／艳春, 芳春, 早春 (zǎochūn)

See also

• Month of the Year: 如月
  • Previous: 正月
  • Next: 桃月

Note: Any month in the Chinese calendar may be preceded or followed by an intercalary month, an irregular month inserted into the calendar to bring the lunar year in line with the solar year.

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
如	月
Grade: S	Grade: 1
irregular

Alternative forms

• 二月, 衣更着, 更衣

Etymology

Either from 生更ぎ (kisaragi, “rebirth of plants”) or from 衣更着 (kinusaragi, “wearing more clothes”)(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Also compare 겨슬 (gyeoseul) (obsolete, dialectal), related to Modern Korean 겨울 (gyeoul) "winter."

Noun

如月(きさらぎ) • (kisaragi) 

1. (archaic) the second month of the lunar calendar
2. (poetic) February

Coordinate terms

• (Japanese calendar months) 睦(む)月(つき) (mutsuki), 如月(きさらぎ) (kisaragi), 弥(や)生(よい) (yayoi), 卯(う)月(づき) (uzuki), 皐(さ)月(つき) (satsuki), 水(み)無(な)月(づき) (minazuki), 文(ふみ)月(づき) (fumizuki), 葉(は)月(づき) (hazuki), 長(なが)月(つき) (nagatsuki), 神(かん)無(な)月(づき) (kannazuki), 霜(しも)月(つき) (shimotsuki), 師(し)走(わす) (shiwasu) ^{(Category: ja:Japanese calendar months)}