Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 2
月 month, moon
- Meaning
- month, moon
- On reading
- ゲツ・ガツ
- Kun reading
- つき
Memory hook
A crescent moon standing on its side. One moon cycle is one month. ゲツ or ガツ in compounds, つき on its own.
Words that use 月
月曜日
げつようび
Monday
今月
こんげつ
this month
How to write 月
Stroke order · 4 strokes
1
2
3
4
- 1. The vertical on the left.
- 2. Horizontal across the top, then turn down on the right side, ending in a hook.
- 3. The horizontal across the top.
- 4. The horizontal across the middle.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
月 is taught on day 5 of the kanji course, alongside 日 火 水, with two writing passes and a short quiz.