卯月

Chinese

4th earthly branch; 5–7 a.m. moon; month
simp. and trad.
(卯月) 		卯 月

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Proper noun

卯月

  1. (archaic) The second month of the Chinese lunar calendar.
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Proper noun

卯月

  1. an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 卯月, Uzuki

Japanese

Kanji in this term
卯 月
う
Jinmeiyō 		つき > づき
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 卯 (u, short for 卯の花 (unohana), “deutzia flower”) +‎ 月 (tsuki, “month”).

The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

卯(う)月(づき) • (uzuki) 

  1. (archaic) the fourth month of the lunar calendar
  2. (poetic) the month when deutzia flowers are in bloom: April

Synonyms

  • 卯(う)の花(はな)月(づき) (unohana-zuki)
  • 陰月(いんげつ) (ingetsu)
  • 夏半(かはん) (kahan)
  • 木(こ)の葉(は)採(と)り月(づき) (konohatori-zuki)
  • 首夏(しゅか) (shuka)
  • 修景(しゅうけい) (shūkei)
  • 初夏(しょか) (shoka)
  • 清(せい)和(わ) (seiwa)
  • 仲呂(ちゅうりょ) (chūryo)
  • 夏(なつ)端(は)月(づき) (natsuhazuki)
  • 梅月(ばいげつ) (baigetsu)
  • 花(はな)残(のこ)し月(づき) (hananokoshizuki)
  • 花(はな)残(のこ)り月(づき) (hananokorizuki)
  • 乏月(ぼうげつ) (bōgetsu)
  • 祭(まつり)月(づき), 祭(まつ)り月(づき) (matsurizuki)
  • 巳(み) (mi)
  • 孟夏(もうか) (mōka)
  • 余(よ)月(げつ) (yogetsu)

Coordinate terms

Coordinate terms: 睦月, 如月, 弥生, 卯月, 皐月, 水無月, 文月, 葉月, 長月, 神無月, 霜月, 師走

Derived terms

  • 卯月(うづき)会(え) (uzuki-e)
  • 卯月(うづき)曇(ぐも)り (uzuki-gumori, “clouding during the fourth lunar month”)
  • 卯月(うづき)鳥(どり) (uzukidori, “lesser cuckoo”)
  • 卯月(うづき)の忌(い)み (uzuki no imi)
  • 卯月(うづき)の花(はな) (uzuki no hana)
  • 卯月(うづき)の御(み)標(しめ) (uzuki no mi-shime)
  • 卯月(うづき)の雪(ゆき) (uzuki no yuki)
  • 卯月(うづき)花(ばな) (uzukibana)
  • 卯月(うづき)八日(ようか) (uzuki yōka, “eighth day of the fourth lunar month”)

See also

Proper noun

卯(う)月(づき) • (Uzuki) 

  1. (historical) a 神風 (Kamikaze)-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy
  2. (historical) a 睦月 (Mutsuki)-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, see Japanese destroyer Uzuki (1925) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  3. a female given name
  4. a surname

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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