月 – month, moon

4 strokesTaught in grade 1#23 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 月 means month, moon. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゲツ、ガツ (getsu, gatsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つき (tsuki). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 月 (no. 74).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゲツ	getsu
On’yomi	ガツ	gatsu
Kun’yomi	つき	tsuki

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 月 (Kangxi radical 74).

Words using 月

月がつmonth (of the year)か月かげつcounter for months今月こんげつthis month先月せんげつlast month一月ひとつきone month毎月まいげつevery month来月らいげつnext month月曜日げつようびMonday月つきMoon正月しょうがつNew Year (esp. first three days)再来月さらいげつmonth after next年月としつきmonths and years年月ねんげつmonths and years生年月日せいねんがっぴbirth date月給げっきゅうmonthly salary月末げつまつend of the month月日つきひtime三日月みかづきcrescent moon先々月せんせんげつmonth before last月謝げっしゃmonthly tuition fee月賦げっぷmonthly installment (instalment)月並つきなみevery month満月まんげつfull moon

Example sentences

６ヶ月後私たちは結婚した。

Six months later we were married.

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今月の売り上げはよくない。

Sales have been off this month.

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先月は、ほとんど雨が降らなかった。

We had little rain last month.

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Kanji with the same radical

期朝有望服朗

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.