Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 月


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Meaning

moon, month

Pronunciation

GETSU, GATSU
tsuki

Explanation

The radical means moon or month. (The kanji for meat/flesh as a radical is typically simplified to this: )

Mnemonic

Image of an ascending moon.

Radicals

month(The radical tsuki stands for moon or month when used at the right side of a character. However t1he radical niku that stands for body or body-part is in many cases simplified to and thus looks equal as "moon".)
body part, meat(This radical is at the left side of a character and typically drawn as: , which looks equal to: "moon, month " but still has the meaning body-part.)
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Vocabulary

生年月日 せいねんがっぴ production date
つき moon
月曜日 げつようび Monday
来月 らいげつ next month
満月 まんげつ full moon
正月 しょうがつ New Year, New Years Day, the first month
月刊 げっかん monthly (i.e. publications)
一月 いちがつ January
毎月 まいつき every month, each month, monthly

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