The kanji 月: meaning, readings and stroke order

月

Meaning: moon, month
On reading: ゲツ getsu、ガツ gatsu
Kun reading: つき tsuki
Strokes: 4
Radical: 月 moon, month
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: mặt trăng, tháng (nguyệt)
Japanese: つき。ひとつき。
Korean: 달, 한 달 (월)
Chinese: 月亮、月份

Readings, words and example sentences

ゲツ getsu · on reading

先せん月げつ
last month
先せん月げつ、白い犬を見ました。
Last month, I saw a white dog.

ガツ gatsu · on reading

八はち月がつ
August
八はち月がつはとてもあついです。
August is very hot.

つき tsuki · kun reading

月つき
moon
そらに大きな 月つきが出ました。
A big moon came out in the sky.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.