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月
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Etymology
Pictographic representation, originally of the crescent moon.
Han character
月 (radical 74 月+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 月 (B), four-corner 77220, composition ⿵冂二)
Usage notes
As part of a character the pictograph 月 is also used to stand for 肉.
References
- KangXi: page 504, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14330
- Dae Jaweon: page 879, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2041, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6708
Cantonese
Hanzi
Japanese
Wikipedia jaNoun
月 (hiragana つき, romaji tsuki)
- the moon
- a month
See also
Kanji
月 (grade 1 kanji)
- moon on the wane
- a month (on the lunar calendar)
- every month
- menstruation that take place every month
- (only in Japanese) abbreviation for 月曜日(Monday)
Readings
Compounds
References
Other info
When used in compounds counting a number of months with "ヶ"(か, ka), 月 is pronounced as げつ (getsu). When used in compounds for modern months of the year, it is pronounced as がつ (gatsu). When used for poetic or lunar months, it is pronounced as つき (tsuki).
Korean
Hanja
月
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 월 (revised: wol, McCune-Reischauer: wŏl, Yale: wel)
- Name (hangeul): 달 (revised: dal, McCune-Reischauer: tal, Yale: tal)
Mandarin
Pronunciation
Hanzi
月 (pinyin yuè (yue4), Wade-Giles yüeh4)
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Noun
月 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yuè)
- (Beginning Mandarin) moon
Compounds
Middle Chinese
Han character
月 (*ngiuæt)
Vietnamese
Han character
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