令月

See also: 命月

Chinese

		make or cause to be; order; command make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable	moon; month
trad. (令月)		令	月
simp. #(令月)		令	月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìngyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁶ jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìngyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìngyuè
    • Wade–Giles: ling⁴-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: lìng-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linqyueh
    • Palladius: линъюэ (linʺjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁶ jyut⁶
    • Yale: lihng yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁶ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁶ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²² jyːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: ljengH ngjwot

Rime
Character	令	月
Reading #	4/5	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	元 (68)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力政切	魚厥切
Baxter	ljengH	ngjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇŋH/	/ŋʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛŋH/	/ŋʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/liæŋH/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liajŋH/	/ŋuat̚/
Li Rong	/liɛŋH/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/lĭɛŋH/	/ŋĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛŋH/	/ŋi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lìng	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ling6	jyut6

Noun

令月

1. (literary) auspicious month
2. (literary) second month of the Chinese calendar

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (令月):

• → Japanese: 令(れい)月(げつ) (reigetsu)

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 ljengH ngjwot, literally “good month”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) れ​ーげつ [réꜜègètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːɡe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

令(れい)月(げつ) • (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(れい)月(げつ) (kashin reigetsu)

See also

• 令(れい)和(わ) (Reiwa)

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN