弦月

Chinese

		bow string; string of mus. instr.	moon; month
simp. and trad. (弦月)		弦	月

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiányuè

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ jyut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiányuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siányuè
  - Wade–Giles: hsien²-yüeh⁴
  - Yale: syán-ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanyueh
  - Palladius: сяньюэ (sjanʹjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ jyut⁶
  - Yale: yùhn yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ yud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ jyːt̚²/

Noun

弦月

crescent moon

Synonyms

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月牙 (yuèyá)
月眉 (Hokkien)
狼牙月 (lángyáyuè)
蛾眉月 (éméiyuè)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
弦	月
げん Grade: S	げつ Grade: 1
goon	kan'on

Etymology

Appears to be a learned borrowing from Chinese 弦月 (xiányuè). First cited in a Japanese text in 1698.^[1] May have been in use prior to this, considering that partial synonyms 上弦 (jōgen) and 下弦 (kagen) are attested already in the late 800s.^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) げんげつ [géꜜǹgètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[4]^[5]^[6]
IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ŋɡe̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

弦(げん)月(げつ) • (gengetsu) ^{←げんげつ (gengetu)^?}

[from 1698] half-moon
Synonym: 弓張り月 (yumiharizuki)

Hyponyms: 上弦 (jōgen, “waxing half-moon, first-quarter moon”), 下弦 (kagen, “waning half-moon, third- or last-quarter moon”)

References

^ “弦月”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ “上弦”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ “下弦”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[3] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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

Korean

Hanja in this term
弦	月

Noun

弦月 • (hyeonwol) (hangeul 현월)

hanja form^? of 현월

[KDJ2-1] “弦月”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[KDJ2-jōgen-2] “上弦”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[KDJ2-kagen-3] “下弦”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[3] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[SMK7-4] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-5] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-6] 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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