月
부수: 月
획수: 4획
月 has the meanings moon and month.
月 = 月
X = semantic
• 月 depicts the crescent moon (with some stylisation).
Evolution:
月 = the moon ➔ month
Mnemonic
Look at the historic forms and see how 月 came from the D-shape of the waxing crescent moon. Imagine the two horizontal lines as representing the two fortnights in a month.
Vocab
| 月蝕 | 월식 | lunar eclipse |
| 滿月 | 만월 | full moon |
| 月光 | 월광 | moonlight |
| 蜜月 | 밀월 | honeymoon |
| 風月 | 풍월 | beauties of nature |
| 正月 | 정월 | first month of the year |
| 個月 | 개월 | month (counter) |
| 十月 | 시월 | October |
| 每月 | 매월 | every month |
| 月末 | 월말 | end of a month |
| 月給 | 월급 | monthly salary |
| 月貰 | 월세 | monthly rent |
| 月刊 | 월간 | monthly publication |
| 月賦 | 월부 | a monthly instalment plan |
| 月經 | 월경 | menstruation |
| 月曜日 | 월요일 | Monday |
| 年月日 | 연월일 | date |
| 歲月 | 세월 | a period of time; the passage of time |
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Bibliography
— Daum 사전, [s.v. 月].
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 97]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 月].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 18]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.