月
Represents the moon or anything related to celestial bodies and time periods. · Kangxi radical 74
Represents the moon or anything related to celestial bodies and time periods.
Originally pictured as a crescent moon shape. The ancient form showed the curved outline of the moon with a dot or line inside representing craters or shadows.
月 at a glance
- Meaning
- Represents the moon or anything related to celestial bodies and time periods.
- Strokes
- 4
- Characters
- 33
- Role
- Usually contributes meaning
- Kangxi radical
- 74
Characters with 月 (28 of 33)
HSK 3 · 1
HSK 4 · 1
HSK 5 · 3
HSK 6 · 2
Beyond HSK · 14
刖yuè · to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China) (one of the five mutilating punishments 五刑[wu3 xing2])佾yì · row of dancers at sacrifices炙zhì · to broil胧lóng · used in 朦朧|朦胧[meng2 long2]朐qú · surname Qu朔shuò · beginning朕zhèn · (used by an emperor or king) I; me; we (royal "we")閒jiàn · variant of 間|间[jian4]塍chéng · raised path between fields潸shān · tearfully滕téng · vassal state of Zhou in Shandong嬴yíng · old variant of 贏|赢[ying2], to win, to profit朦méng · used in 朦朧|朦胧[meng2 long2]羸léi · entangled
Frequently asked questions
What does the component 月 mean?
月 means "Represents the moon or anything related to celestial bodies and time periods.". In the characters that contain it, it usually contributes meaning.
How many Chinese characters contain 月?
33 characters in this dictionary contain 月, including ones at HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5, HSK 6.
Is 月 a radical?
Yes — 月 is Kangxi radical 74, one of the 214 traditional indexing radicals used to organise Chinese dictionaries.
How many strokes does 月 have?
月 is written in 4 strokes.