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月

month
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingゲツ、ガツ
Kun readingつき
JLPT level: N5JōyōGrade 1

Meanings

  1. monthRtK
  2. moon
    彼は月の表面に立った。He stood on the surface of the moon.tatoeba
  1. moonlight
  2. (a) moon
  3. natural satellite

Synonyms

衛星

Popular Usage

今月先月一月毎月来月月曜日さ来月月曜月給月末再来月先々月

Radicals and components

Radical月moon

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

moon (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 13

Compound words

一月ひとつき
one month
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
月曜日げつようび
Monday
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
再来月さらいげつ
month after next
生年月日せいねんがっぴ
birth date; date of birth; DOB
1月いちがつ
january
九月くがつ
September
五月ごがつ
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
三月さんがつ
March; third month of the lunar calendar
四月しがつ
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
七月しちがつ
July
十月じゅうがつ
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
二月にがつ
February; second month of the lunar calendar
八月はちがつ
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
六月ろくがつ
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
1か月いっかげつ
one month
ヶ月かげつ
counter for months
月謝げっしゃ
monthly tuition fee

On Reading Examples

彼は五月の終わりにパリへ行った。ごがつ
He went to Paris at the end of May.tatoeba
彼は去年の２月以来私達に便りをしてこない。にがつ
He has not written to us since last February.tatoeba
彼は一週間前、つまり五月十日にヨーロッパに向かった。ごがつ
He left for Europe a week ago, that is, on the tenth of May.tatoeba
彼はこんどの４月で１０歳になる。しがつ
He will be ten next April.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

彼は必ず月に一度両親に手紙を書く。つき
He never fails write to his parents once a month.tatoeba
彼は必ず一度月に一回両親に手紙を書く。つき
He never fails to write to his parents once a month.tatoeba
彼は少なくとも月に１０冊は本を読む。つき
He reads at least ten books a month.tatoeba

Additional Examples

来週の月火と連休です。
Next Monday and Tuesday are holidays.tatoeba
彼は必ず月に一度両親に手紙を書く。
He never fails write to his parents once a month.tatoeba
毎週、月火はピアノ、水金はダンスを習ってるの。
Every week I study piano on Monday and Tuesday, and dancing on Wednesday and Friday.tatoeba
彼は必ず一度月に一回両親に手紙を書く。
He never fails to write to his parents once a month.tatoeba
休館日原則として毎週月曜日、12月28日〜翌年1月3日
Closed: Usually every Monday, December 28 to January 3wiki
休館日：毎週月曜と祝日の翌日
Closed days: Mondays and days following national holidayswiki
★：月曜・水曜・金曜のみ運行。
This route is operated only on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.wiki
月給百円とかなりの高給だった。
He worked for a salary of one-hundred yen a month, which was a fairly high at the time.wiki
明治6年 (1873年)、府県社の神官の月給を廃止。
1873 - monthly salaries of priests of 'fukensha' (Prefectural shrines) abolished.wiki
5月末、江戸を出帆。
At the end of May, he sailed from Edo.wiki
期間：閏3月初～8月末
Duration: Late April to middle Octoberwiki
長雨は1ヶ月ほど続く。
The long rain lasts for approximately a month.wiki
変の3ヶ月後、急死した。
Three months after this incident, the Prince died suddenly.wiki
月日不詳、還昇。
Date is unclear: He was allowed Genjo (allowing the access to the imperial court again).wiki
没年月日は不詳。
The year of death is unknownwiki

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Practice Writing

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