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朔

conjunction (astronomy)
Stroke count: 10

Readings

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Kun readingついたち
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. conjunction (astronomy)
  2. first day of month
  3. north
  4. first day of the monthRtK
  1. new moon
  2. first day of the lunar month
  3. next year's calendar and decrees (in ancient China
  4. distributed by the Emperor at year's end)

Radicals and components

Radical月moon
Components
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Compound words

告朔こうさく
ceremony where the Emperor would inspect the records of attendance and absence of officials
朔日ついたち
first day of the month
朔風さくふう
north wind
朔望さくぼう
first and fifteenth days of the lunar month (corresponding to new moon and full moon)
正朔せいさく
beginning of the month or the year
八朔はっさく
Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku)
朔望月さくぼうげつ
synodic month
朔望潮さくぼうちょう
spring tide
視告朔こうさく
ceremony where the Emperor would inspect the records of attendance and absence of officials
初朔日はつついたち
first day of the second month

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 朔

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