令月

令月

See also: 命月

Japanese

Kanji in this term
令	月
れい Grade: 4	げつ Grade: 1
kan’on

Etymology

/rei ɡʷetu/ → /reːɡet͡su/

From Middle Chinese 令月 (MC liᴇŋ ŋʉɐt̚, literally “good month”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) れ​ーげつ [réꜜègètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːɡe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

令月 (hiragana れいげつ, rōmaji reigetsu)

1. a nice and auspicious month
2. the second month of the lunar calendar

   Synonym: 如月 (kisaragi)

Derived terms

• 嘉 (か)辰 (しん)令月 (れいげつ) (kashin reigetsu)

See also

• 令 (れい)和 (わ) (Reiwa): Reiwa era of Japanese history

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan