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Stroke Order Diagrams for 月
Construction of Character for 月
Origin and construction of 月
- 三日月の形を表した象形字。
Kanji related to 月
先
夕
年
日
早
月
今
分
前
午
古
回
夜
後
新
昼
時
曜
朝
近
週
間
始
度
昔
期
秒
終
昨
紀
老
久
旧
永
際
晩
暮
若
宵
旬
暁
暦
暫
遅
旦
旭
曽
頃
土
日
月
木
水
火
金
曜
天
日
月
気
空
星
陽
宇
月
青
明
前
組
晴
朝
有
助
服
育
消
祭
勝
期
湖
胃
脈
望
清
散
然
腸
静
肥
査
祖
能
情
精
肺
背
朗
胸
骨
脳
筋
盟
絹
腹
潮
臓
且
肌
肖
肝
宜
肢
肩
肪
肯
阻
削
胆
胎
胞
宵
朕
租
胴
脂
脅
崩
粗
脚
脱
豚
婿
惰
棚
硝
腕
塑
滑
腰
賄
膜
膚
請
膨
謄
覇
髄
騰
肘
脇
腎
遡
膳
臆
藤
狙
股
脊
腫
腺
嘲
膝
骸
Meanings in Other Languages for 月
French
- lune, mois
Portuguese
- mês, lua
Spanish
- mes, luna
Comments for 月
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Tunis is a good snapshot of some Japanese language v learning issues.one character with multiple meanings and pronunciations.
#6 Posted by Profegg over 4 years ago
To my knowledge, "gatsu" is only employed when saying the proper names of the months.
For example:
"hachigatsu" = August (8月)
"sangatsu" = March (3月)
but "sangetsu" would literally translate to "3 month".
>>> To count out 3 months you will add a little "ke" (ヶ) in the middle (but pronounce it as "ka" since the "ichi-ni-san" counting method is in use)
"sankagetsu" (3ヶ月)
#5 Posted by ruthieguh over 6 years ago
"full moon" is "mangetsu", though, not "mantsuki".
#4 Posted by Monox D. I-Fly over 7 years ago
I think getsu and gatsu are both month; tsuki is moon. Though of course there is overlap, just as there is in English ("many moons ago"). And then there's Luna, and lunar... and lunatic?
#3 Posted by Henna Amerikajin over 7 years ago
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あすま wrote on Tuesday the 21st of March 2017 at 12:57 AM
Generally, つき is moon and げつ/がつ is month.
Between げつ and がつ, がつ is used more often. I think the reason for げつ in some words (long story short) is based on the flow on the word. It's similar* to how the "cata" in "catastrophe" and "catastrophic", or the "photo" in "photograph" and "photographer", are pronounced differently in English.
*I know there are different reasons (mostly different linguistic rules) as to why げつ/がつ are pronounced compared to the English examples I gave. I'm just trying to give a simple explanation that makes sence to everyone without going all-in on linguistics and making it more confusing than it needs to be.