一月
Chinese
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) | moon; month | ||
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simp. and trad. (一月) | 一 | 月 |
Pronunciation
Noun
一月
- January
- first month of the Chinese lunar calendar
Synonyms
- (solar month): 元月 (Yuányuè)
- (lunar month, common): 正月 (zhēngyuè), 元月 (Yuányuè)
- (lunar month, archaic): 端月 (duānyuè), 初月, 嘉月, 開歲/开岁, 新正 (xīnzhēng), 隅月, 孟月 (mèngyuè), 始春, 元春, 陬月 (Zōuyuè)
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (一月):
- → Japanese: 一月 (ichigetsu)
- → Korean: 일월(一月) (irwol)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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一 | 月 |
いち Grade: 1 | がつ Grade: 1 |
goon |
Alternative spelling |
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1月 |
From 一 (ichi, “one”) + 月 (-gatsu, “month”).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) いちがつ [ìchígátsúꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [it͡ɕiɡa̠t͡sɨᵝ]
Noun
一月 • (ichigatsu)
- January
- (archaic) the first month of the lunar calendar
- Synonym: 睦月 (mutsuki)
- one month
Derived terms
- 一月寺 (Ichigatsu-ji)
- 一月場所 (ichigatsu basho)
- 一月蜂起 (Ichigatsu Hōki)
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) 一月 (ichigatsu), 二月 (nigatsu), 三月 (sangatsu), 四月 (shigatsu), 五月 (gogatsu), 六月 (rokugatsu), 七月 (shichigatsu), 八月 (hachigatsu), 九月 (kugatsu), 十月 (jūgatsu), 十一月 (jūichigatsu), 十二月 (jūnigatsu) (Category: ja:Gregorian calendar months)
- 正月 (shōgatsu)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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一 | 月 |
いち Grade: 1 | げつ Grade: 1 |
goon | kan’on |
Compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements 一 (ichi, “one”, 呉音 (goon, literally “Wu-sound”) reading) + 月 (getsu, “moon, month”, 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han-sound”) reading).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) いちげつ [ìchígéꜜtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA(key): [it͡ɕiɡe̞t͡sɨᵝ]
Noun
一月 • (ichigetsu)
- (archaic) the first month of the lunar calendar
- one month
- a full moon
Derived terms
- 一月三舟 (ichigetsu sanshū)
Proverbs
- 一月往ぬる二月逃げる三月去る (ichigetsu inuru nigetsu nigeru sangetsu saru)
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term | |
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一 | 月 |
ひと Grade: 1 | つき Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Possibly from Old Japanese.
Compound of 一 (hito, “one”) + 月 (tsuki, “month”).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ひとつき [h
ìtóꜜtsùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[2] - IPA(key): [çi̥to̞t͡sɨ̥ᵝkʲi]
Noun
一月 • (hitotsuki)
- one month
Coordinate terms
Japanese number-counter combinations for 月 (tsuki) | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | How many? |
一月 (hitotsuki) | 二月 (futatsuki) | 三月 (mitsuki) | 四月 (yotsuki) | 五月 (itsutsuki) | 六月 (mutsuki) | 七月 (nanatsuki) | 八月 (yatsuki) | 九月 (kokonotsuki) | 十月 (totsuki) | 何月 (nantsuki) |
See also
- 一ヶ月 (ikkagetsu, “(for) one month”)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja in this term | |
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一 | 月 |
Noun
一月 • (irwol) (hangeul 일월)
- Hanja form? of 일월.
Okinawan
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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一 | 月 |
いち Grade: 1 | ぐゎち Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Cognate with mainland Japanese 一月 (ichigatsu).
Pronunciation
- (Shuri-Naha) いちぐゎち [ìchígwách
í] (Heiban - [0]) - IPA(key): [it͡ɕiɡʷat͡ɕi̻]
Noun
一月 (hiragana いちぐゎち, rōmaji ichigwachi, historical hiragana いちぐゎつぃ)
- January
- the first month of the lunar calendar
See also
- 正月 (sōgwachi)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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一 | 月 |
ちゅ Grade: 1 | ちち Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Cognate with mainland Japanese 一月 (hitotsuki).
Pronunciation
- (Shuri-Naha) ちゅちち [chùch
íchí] (Heiban - [0]) - IPA(key): [t͡ɕut͡ɕi̻t͡ɕi]
Noun
一月 (hiragana ちゅちち, rōmaji chuchichi, historical hiragana ちゅつぃち)
- one month
Derived terms
- 一月越し (chuchichigushi)
Old Japanese
Etymology
From 一 (pi1to2, “one”) + 月 (tuki2, “month”).
Noun
一月 (pi1to2tuki2) (kana ひとつき)
- one month
- 720, Nihon Shoki (Emperor Keitai, twenty-fourth year of reign [c. 530 CE], ninth month in autumn)
- 於レ是二國、圖レ度二便地一、淹畱弦晦、築レ城而還、號曰二久禮牟羅城一。
- Thus the two countries [Baekje and Silla] measured out a piece of ground, settling for a month. They built a castle, named it Kuremura-nö-Sasi, and returned home.
- 720, Nihon Shoki (Emperor Keitai, twenty-fourth year of reign [c. 530 CE], ninth month in autumn)
Descendants
- Japanese: 一月 (hitotsuki)