Chinese Character Wiki
月

yuè

moon

Pictograph of the moon.

Evolution

月 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
月 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
月 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
月 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
月 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

月  

yuè

moon; month; KangXi radical 74; monthly; CL:個|个[gè],輪|轮[lún]

Most common words with 月
Freq.
Word
Meaning

月

month

月份

month

月亮

the moon

蜜月

honeymoon

每月

each month

Component uses

Meaning component in 14 characters (5 verified)

期 朞 朗 肖 朔 甩 朦 朧 胧 臍 謄 潸 朐 閒

Sound component in 5 characters (3 verified)

外 钥 刖 炙 塍

Iconic component in 4 characters (4 verified)

明 望 朝 亙

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

阴

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

霸

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ŋ]ʷat

ngjwot

yuè

moon, month


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 74.1951% of movies

416th most common character in movies

169th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+6708

Shuowen

“月，闕也，大陰之精，象形。”


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