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Month Moon Monthly Meaning 月 Monday Date Connects

Kanji
Onyomi ゲツ、ガツ
Kunyomi つき
Nanori おと, がっ, す, ずき, もり
English month, moon
Examples 年月(ねんげつ): months and years
今月(こんげつ): this month
先月(せんげつ): last month
来月(らいげつ): next month
毎月(まいつき): every month; each month; monthly
正月(しょうがつ): New Year; New Year's Day; the first month; January
月曜(げつよう): Monday
月給(げっきゅう): monthly salary
月末(げつまつ): end of the month
カ月(かげつ): (number of) months
生年月日(せいねんがっぴ): birth date
月並(つきなみ): (1) every month (2) trite; common
月日(つきひ): time; years; days
満月(まんげつ): full moon
月謝(げっしゃ): monthly tuition fee
三日月(みかづき): new moon; crescent moon
月(つき): (1) moon (2) month
月賦(げっぷ): monthly installment (instalment); monthly payment
月曜日(げつようび): Monday
再来月(さらいげつ): month after next
月日(がっぴ): (the) date
一月(ひとつき): one month
先々月(せんせんげつ): month before last
月(がつ): month (of the year); used after number or question word (e.g. nan or nani)
JLPT Level 5
Jouyou Grade 1
Frequency 23
Components 月: moon, month, moon radical (no. 74)
Number of Strokes 4
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 74
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading つき・つきへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 象形 Pictographic
Keyword month
Koohii Story 1 A month is longer than a day.
Koohii Story 2 Am I the only one who sees this as someone sticking their ass in the air "mooning" someone (two cheeks of the butt and the legs coming off of it)? The Moon meaning connects well to the meaning of month, considering that months were traditionally measured by the phases of the moon. Also, the mooning "ass" part of it connects well to Hesig´s seemingly unconnected "flesh" or "part of the body" meaning (when used in primitive form).

Tags: jlpt.n5, grade1, kanjifreq1-250, kanji_time, kanji_time_days.of.the.week, kanji_nature_sky

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