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月
JLPT N5 SL1 4 strokes Frequency: #17

Meanings

month / moon

Radicals

月

Decomposition

βΏ΅ε†‚δΊŒ

Etymology

Pictographic: A crescent moon

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 4

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-to-bottom
2 hook bottom-right-to-top-left
3 horizontal bottom-to-top
4 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ゲツ getsu

Used in compound words

ガツ gatsu

Used for month names

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
぀き tsuki

Standalone