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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

Words Using This Kanji

433 words total
Other (20 words)
某月 ぼうげ぀

a certain month

ε½“ζœˆ とうげ぀

this month

菊月 きくγ₯き

ninth month in the lunar calendar

寝正月 γ­γ—γ‚‡γ†γŒγ€

staying at home during the New Year's holiday

η₯₯ζœˆε‘½ζ—₯ しょう぀きめいにけ

anniversary of a person's death

η₯₯月 しょう぀き

month of a person's death

佳月 かげ぀

good month

ζœˆζ‰•γ„ ぀きばらい

paying in monthly installments (instalments)

月利 γ’γ€γ‚Š

monthly interest

ζœˆη΅Œε›°ι›£η—‡ げっけいこんγͺんしょう

dysmenorrhea

ζœˆεˆŠι›‘θͺŒ げっかんざっし

monthly magazine

ζœˆθ¦‹θ‰ ぀きみそう

fourwing evening primrose (Oenothera tetraptera)

ζœˆζŽ›γ‘θ²―ι‡‘ γ€γγŒγ‘γ‘γ‚‡γγ‚“

monthly installment deposit

ζœˆδΈ–η•Œ げっせかい

moon

月归 ぀きがた

crescent shape

ζœˆζŽ›γ‘ γ€γγŒγ‘

monthly installment plan

ζœˆθΆŠγ— ぀きごし

left (unpaid) from previous month

月賦販売 げっぷはんばい

selling on a (monthly) installment plan (instalment)

ζœˆδΈ‹ηΎŽδΊΊ γ’γ£γ‹γ³γ˜γ‚“

Dutchman's pipe cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)

δ½•γƒΆζœˆ γͺんかげ぀

how many months