文月

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	月
ふみ Grade: 1	つき > づき Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

文 (ふみ, fumi), "writing" + 月 (つき, tsuki), "month"

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふ​づき [fúꜜzùkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝzɨᵝkʲi]

Noun

文(ふみ)月(づき) or 文月(ふづき) • (fumizuki or fuzuki) 

1. (archaic) the seventh month of the lunar calendar
2. (poetic) the book month; July

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)}