霜月

Chinese

		frost	moon; month
trad. (霜月)		霜	月
simp. #(霜月)		霜	月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shuāngyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄤ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shuāngyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄤ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shuangyuè
    • Wade–Giles: Shuang¹-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: Shwāng-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shuangyueh
    • Palladius: Шуанъюэ (Šuanʺjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ jyut⁶
    • Yale: sēung yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ jyːt̚²/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 霜月

1. (historical) Frimaire

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
霜	月
しも Grade: S	つき Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology 1

First attested in the 色葉字類抄 (Iroha Jiruishō) of 1177‐81.

From 霜 (shimo, “frost”) +‎ 月 (tsuki, “month”).

Noun

霜(しも)月(つき) • (shimotsuki) 

1. (archaic) the eleventh month of the lunar calendar
2. (poetic) the month of frost; November
3. (historical) Frimaire

Synonyms

Synonyms

• 神楽(かぐら)月(づき) (kagurazuki)
• 黄鐘(こうしょう) (kōshō)
• 霜(しも)降(ふ)り月(づき) (shimofurizuki)
• 仲冬(ちゅうとう) (chūtō)
• 暢(ちょう)月(げつ) (chōgetsu)
• 仲(なか)の冬(ふゆ) (naka no fuyu)
• 子(ね)月(づき) (nezuki)
• 雪(ゆき)見(み)月(づき) (yukimizuki)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 霜月(しもつき)会(え) (shimotsuki-e)
• 霜月(しもつき)神楽(かぐら) (shimotsuki kagura)
• 霜月(しもつき)騒動(そうどう) (Shimotsuki Sōdō)
• 霜月(しもつき)祭(まつり) (Shimotsuki Matsuri)
• 御(お)霜月(しもつき) (o-shimotsuki)

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)}

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
霜	月
そう Grade: S	げつ Grade: 1
kan'on

/sauɡetʉ/ → /sɔːɡet͡su/ → /soːɡet͡su/

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

霜(そう)月(げつ) • (sōgetsu) ^{←さうげつ (saugetu)?}

1. frost and moonlight
2. the clear moon on a cold frosty night
3. Same as しもつき (shimotsuki) above

See also

• 十一月(じゅういちがつ) (jūichigatsu)
• 初霜月(はつしもづき) (hatsushimo-zuki)

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Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese 霜月 (shimotsuki).

From 霜 (shimu, “frost”) +‎ 月 (chichi, “month”).

Pronunciation

• しむちち [shímùchìchì] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕimut͡ɕit͡ɕi]

Noun

霜月 (hiragana しむちち, romaji shimuchichi)

1. November (the month of frost)

   Synonym: 十一月 (jūichigwachi)

Coordinate terms

• (Okinawan calendar months) 一月 (ichigwachi), 二月 (ningwachi), 三月 (sangwachi), 四月 (shigwachi), 五月 (gugwachi), 六月 (rukugwachi), 七月 (shichigwachi), 八月 (hachigwachi), 九月 (kugwachi), 十月 (jūgwachi), 霜月 (shimuchichi), 師走 (shiwāshi) ^{(Category: ryu:Okinawan months)}