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Grade Level: 1
JLPT Level: 4

Frequency: 23

Bushu (Radical) Info:
月 (つき)
moon

Henshall Mnemonic:
pitted crescent moon shining down
Stroke Order Diagram (SOD): 4 Strokes



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On-Yomi Reading(s):
ゲツ
ガツ
Kun-Yomi Reading(s):
つき
おと
がっ

ずき
もり
English Meaning(s):
month
moon

Popular words and/or phrases using this kanji:
Click any individual kanji to view it in a new window. Click the [K] after each definition to look up that character at WWWJDIC; Click the [D] to look up that word in WWWJDIC (the definition is the same but other features exist, like sample usage, variations of the word, etc.)
  •   [いちがつ]
    (n-adv) January [K] [D]
  •   [かげつ]
    (suf) (number of) months [K] [D]
  •   [かくげつ]
    (n) every second month; every other month [K] [D]
  •   [きゅうしょうがつ]
    (n) Lunar calendar New Year [K] [D]
  •   [くがつ]
    (n-adv) September [K] [D]
  •   [つき]
    (n-t) moon; month [K] [D]
  • 々   [つきづき]
    (n-adv,n-t) every month [K] [D]
  •   [げつがく]
    (n) monthly amount (sum) [K] [D]
  •   [げっかん]
    (n) monthly publication [K] [D]
  •   [げっかん]
    (n) (during) month [K] [D]
  •   [げっきゅう]
    (n) monthly salary [K] [D]
  •   [げっけい]
    (n) menstruation; menstrual period [K] [D]
  •   [つきみ]
    (n) viewing the moon [K] [D]
  •   [げっこう]
    (n) moonlight; moonbeam [K] [D]
  •   [げっさん]
    (n) monthly output (production) [K] [D]
  •   [げっしゃ]
    (n) monthly tuition fee [K] [D]
  •   [げっしゅう]
    (n) monthly income [K] [D]
  • め   [つきはじめ]
    (adv,n) beginning of month [K] [D]
  •   [げっしょく]
    (n) lunar eclipse [K] [D]
  •   [げつない]
    (n) by the end of this month [K] [D]
  •   [がっぴ]
    (n) (the) date [K] [D]
  •   [つきひ]
    (n) time; years; days [K] [D]
  •   [げっぷ]
    (n) monthly installment [K] [D]
  •   [つきなみ]
    (adj-na,n) (1) every month; (2) trite; common [K] [D]
  • み   [つきなみ]
    (adj-na,n) (1) every month; (2) trite; common [K] [D]
  •   [げつまつ]
    (n-adv,n-t) end of the month [K] [D]
  •   [げつめん]
    (n) moon's surface [K] [D]
  •   [つきよ]
    (n) moonlit night [K] [D]
  •   [げつよう]
    (n-adv,n-t) Monday [K] [D]
  •   [げつようび]
    (n-adv,n) Monday [K] [D]
  •   [げつれい]
    (n) monthly [K] [D]
  •   [さつき]
    (n) (obs) fifth month of the lunar calendar [K] [D]
  •   [こんげつ]
    (n-adv,n-t) this month [K] [D]
  •   [さらいげつ]
    (n-adv,n-t) month after next [K] [D]
  •   [さいげつ]
    (n-t) time; years [K] [D]
  •   [さんがつ]
    (n-adv) March [K] [D]
  •   [みかづき]
    (n) new moon; crescent moon [K] [D]
  •   [しがつ]
    (n-adv) April [K] [D]
  •   [しちがつ]
    (n-adv) July [K] [D]
  •   [じゅういちがつ]
    (n-adv) November [K] [D]
  •   [じゅうがつ]
    (n-adv) October [K] [D]
  •   [じゅうにがつ]
    (n-adv) December [K] [D]
  •   [しょうがつ]
    (n) New Year; New Year's Day; the first month; January [K] [D]
  •   [せいねんがっぴ]
    (n) birth date [K] [D]
  •   [せんげつ]
    (n-adv,n-t) last month [K] [D]
  •   [どうげつ]
    (n-adv,n-t) the same month [K] [D]
  •   [にがつ]
    (n-adv) February [K] [D]
  •   [としつき]
    (n) months and years [K] [D]
  •   [ねんげつ]
    (n) months and years [K] [D]
  •   [ねんがっぴ]
    (n) date [K] [D]
  •   [はちがつ]
    (n-adv) August [K] [D]
  •   [はんつき]
    (n-adv,n-t) half-moon; half month; semicircle [K] [D]
  •   [もちづき]
    (n) full moon [K] [D]
  •   [まいげつ]
    (n-adv,n) every month; each month; monthly [K] [D]
  •   [まいつき]
    (n-adv,n) every month; each month; monthly [K] [D]
  •   [まんげつ]
    (n) full moon [K] [D]
  •   [めいげつ]
    (n) harvest moon; full moon [K] [D]
  •   [よくげつ]
    (n-adv,n-t) following month [K] [D]
  •   [らいげつ]
    (n-adv,n-t) next month [K] [D]
  •   [ろくがつ]
    (n-adv) June [K] [D]
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The SOD image used on this page is from the New Japanese-English Character Dictionary and the Kodansha Kanji Learners Dictionary (see http://www.kanji.org), and is used with the kind permission of Mr. Jack Halpern. This image must not be copied or used elsewhere without Mr Halpern's permission. Use of this image without permission is a violation of copyright laws.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/edict_doc.html#IREF05