月

Use

Construction of the months

One uses a Chiffre (see 一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十) followed by this kanji, the whole entirely in reading ONE like this:

  • 一 月 (イチガツ) = January

  • 二 月 (ニガツ) = February
  • 三 月 (サンガツ) = March
  • 四 月 (シガツ) = April
  • 五 月 (ゴがつ) = May
  • 六 月 (ロクガツ) = June
  • 七 月 (シチガツ) = July
  • 八 月 (ハチガツ) = August
  • 九 月 (クガツ) = September
  • 十 月 (ジュウガツ) = October
  • 十 一 月 (ジュウイチガツ) = November
  • 十 二 月 (ジュウニガツ) = December

Days of the week

  • 月 曜 日 （げつようび) means Monday (or day of the moon), to consult 日 and Jours of the week in Japanese for the other days of the week

History

  • ①, is starting the drawing, a quarter moon.
  • ②, corresponds to the various forms found before the creation of the official Chinese characters in IIe century before J.C
  • ③, is the current form.

This kanji is a key and has directly as a direction the idea of the original drawing, here the moon.

See too

Related articles

External bonds

  • Page of the Dictionary of the kanji Japanese
    • Video
  • of training of the layout (site of the MIT)

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