文月

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	月
ふみ Grade: 1	つき > づき Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

文 (ふみ, fumi), "writing" + 月 (つき, tsuki), "month"

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふみづき [fùmíꜜzùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟mʲizɨkʲi]

(Tokyo) ふづき [fúꜜzùkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟zɨkʲi]

Noun

文(ふみ)月(づき) or 文月(ふづき) • (fumizuki or fuzuki)

(archaic) the seventh month of the lunar calendar
(poetic) the book month; July

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

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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