新月

Chinese

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	moon; month
trad. (新月)		新	月
simp. ^#(新月)		新	月

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnyuè

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ jyut⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shin-yuq₈

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sinyuè
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-yüeh⁴
  - Yale: syīn-ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinyueh
  - Palladius: синьюэ (sinʹjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san¹ jyut⁶
  - Yale: sān yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ yud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ jyːt̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹shin-yuq₈
  - MiniDict: shin^平 yuih^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xin-hhyq₅
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɦyɪʔ²¹/

Noun

新月

new moon
the first crescent moon

Synonyms

(new moon): 朔月 (shuòyuè), 朔 (shuò), 月缺 (yuèquē); (literary) 兔缺 (tùquē)

Derived terms

新月形 (xīnyuèxíng)
新月沃土 (Xīnyuè Wòtǔ)
紅新月 / 红新月 (Hóngxīnyuè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (新月):

→ Japanese: 新(しん)月(げつ) (shingetsu)
→ Korean: 신월(新月) (sinwol)
→ Vietnamese: tân nguyệt (新月)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
新	月
しん Grade: 2	げつ Grade: 1
kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんげつ [shíꜜǹgètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋɡe̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

新(しん)月(げつ) • (shingetsu)

new moon
the first crescent moon

Coordinate terms

Lunar phases in Japanese · 月(げっ)相(そう) (*gessō*)
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
新(にい)月(づき) (niizuki) 新(しん)月(げつ) (shingetsu) 朔(さく) (saku) 朔(さく)月(げつ) (sakugetsu) 月(つき)立(たち) (tsukitachi)	二(ふつ)日(か)月(づき) (futsukazuki) 繊(せん)月(げつ) (sengetsu) 既(き)朔(さく) (kisaku)	三(み)日(か)月(づき) (mikazuki) 若(わか)月(づき) (wakazuki) 眉(び)月(げつ) (bigetsu) 眉(まゆ)月(づき) (mayuzuki)	四(よっ)日(か)月(づき) (yokkazuki)	五(いつ)日(か)月(づき) (itsukazuki)
6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
六(むい)日(か)月(づき) (muikazuki)	七(なの)日(か)月(づき) (nanokazuki)	八(よう)日(か)月(づき) (yōkazuki)	九(く)夜(や)月(づき) (kuyazuki) 九(ここの)日(か)月(つき) (kokonokatsuki)	十(とう)日(かん)夜(や)の月(つき) (tōkan'ya no tsuki)
六(むい)日(か)月(づき) (muikazuki)	上(じょう)弦(げん) (jōgen) 上(じょう)弦(げん)の月(つき) (jōgen no tsuki) 弓(ゆみ)張(はり)月(づき) (yumiharizuki) 半(はん)月(げつ) (hangetsu)			十(とう)日(かん)夜(や)の月(つき) (tōkan'ya no tsuki)
11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
十(じゅう)一(いち)日(にち)月(づき) (jūichinichizuki)	十(じゅう)二(に)日(にち)月(づき) (jūninichizuki)	十(じゅう)三(さん)夜(や) (jūsan'ya)	十(じゅう)四(よっ)日(か)月(づき) (jūyokkazuki) 小(こ)望(もち)月(づき) (komochizuki) 幾(き)望(ぼう) (kibō) 待(まつ)宵(よい)月(づき) (matsuyoizuki)	十(じゅう)五(ご)夜(や) (jūgoya) 十(じゅう)五(ご)夜(や)の月(つき) (jūgoya no tsuki) 望(ぼう) (bō) 望(もち)月(づき) (mochizuki) 満(まん)月(げつ) (mangetsu) 三(さん)五(ご)の月(つき) (sango no tsuki)
16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
十六夜(いざよい) (izayoi) 十六夜(いざよい)の月(つき) (izayoi no tsuki) 既(き)望(ぼう) (kibō) 猶予(いざよう)月(つき) (izayōtsuki)	立(たち)待(まち)月(づき) (tachimachizuki)	居(い)待(まち)月(づき) (imachizuki)	寝(ね)待(まち)月(づき) (nemachizuki) 臥(ふし)待(まち)月(づき) (fushimachizuki)	二十(はつ)日(か)月(づき) (hatsukazuki) 更(ふけ)待(まち)月(づき) (fukemachizuki) 亥(い)中(なか)の月(つき) (inaka no tsuki)
21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th
二(に)十(じゅう)一(いち)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūichinichizuki)	二(に)十(じゅう)二(に)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūninichizuki)	二(に)十(じゅう)三(さん)夜(や) (nijūsan'ya) 二(に)十(じゅう)三(さん)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūsannichizuki)	二(に)十(じゅう)四(よ)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūyonichizuki)	二(に)十(じゅう)五(ご)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūgonichizuki)
二(に)十(じゅう)一(いち)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūichinichizuki)	下(か)弦(げん) (kagen) 下(か)弦(げん)の月(つき) (kagen no tsuki) 弓(ゆみ)張(はり)月(づき) (yumiharizuki) 半(はん)月(げつ) (hangetsu)		二(に)十(じゅう)四(よ)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūyonichizuki)	二(に)十(じゅう)五(ご)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūgonichizuki)
26th	27th	28th	29th	30th
二(に)十(じゅう)六(ろく)夜(や) (nijūrokuya) 二(に)十(じゅう)六(ろく)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūrokunichizuki)	二(に)十(じゅう)七(しち)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūshichinichizuki)	明(あ)けの三(み)日(か)月(づき) (ake no mikazuki)		三十(みそ)日(か) (misoka) 三十(みそ)日(か)月(づき) (misokazuki)
	二(に)十(じゅう)七(しち)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūshichinichizuki)	二(に)十(じゅう)八(はち)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūhachinichizuki)	晦(つごもり) (tsugomori)
Others
After 16th	In rain
残(ざん)月(げつ) (zangetsu) 有(あり)明(あけ)の月(つき) (ariake no tsuki) 有(あり)明(あけ)月(つき) (ariaketsuki) 有(あり)明(あけ) (ariake) 有(あり)明(あけ)月(づく)夜(よ) (ariakezukuyo) 有(あり)明(あけ)月(づき)夜(よ) (ariakezukiyo) 昼(ひる)の月(つき) (hiru no tsuki) 暁(あかつき)月(づく)夜(よ) (akatsukizukuyo) 暁(あかとき)月(づく)夜(よ) (akatokizukuyo) 暁(あかつき)月(づき)夜(よ) (akatsukizukiyo) 暁(あかつき)月(づき) (akatsukizuki) 暁(あかとき)月(づき) (akatokizuki) 暁(ぎょう)月(げつ) (gyōgetsu)	雨(あま)夜(よ)の月(つき) (amayo no tsuki)

Derived terms

新(しん)月(げつ)旗(き) (shingetsuki)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
新	月
にい Grade: 2	つき > づき Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From 新(にい) (nii-, “new”) + 月(つき) (tsuki, “moon”). The tsu changes to zu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) にいづき [níꜜìzùkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iːzɨkʲi]

Noun

新(にい)月(づき) • (niizuki) ^{←にひづき (nifiduki)^?}

new moon

References

Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ “新月”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

“新月”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
新	月

Noun

新月 • (sinwol) (hangeul 신월)

hanja form^? of 신월

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
新	月

Noun

新月

chữ Hán form of tân nguyệt

[SMK7-1] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[NKD2-4] “新月”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

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