卯月

Chinese

		4th earthly branch; 5–7 a.m.	moon; month
simp. and trad. (卯月)		卯	月

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mǎoyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˇ ㄩㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎoyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˇ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mǎoyuè
    • Wade–Giles: Mao³-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: Mǎu-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maoyueh
    • Palladius: Маоюэ (Maojue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛ⁵¹/

Proper noun

卯月

1. (archaic) The second month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

Synonyms

• (second month): 杏月 (Xìngyuè), 麗月／丽月 (Lìyuè), 花月, 柳月, 仲春, 酣春, 豔春／艳春, 芳春, 如月 (Rúyuè), 早春 (zǎochūn)

See also

• Month of the Year: 卯月 (Mǎoyuè)
  • Previous: 寅月 (Yínyuè)
  • Next: 辰月 (Chényuè)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mǎoyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˇ ㄩㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎoyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˇ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mǎoyuè
    • Wade–Giles: Mao³-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: Mǎu-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maoyueh
    • Palladius: Маоюэ (Maojue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛ⁵¹/

Proper noun

卯月

1. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 卯月, Uzuki

Japanese

Kanji in this term
卯	月
う Jinmeiyō	つき > づき Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 卯 (u, short for 卯の花 (unohana), “deutzia flower”) +‎ 月 (tsuki, “month”).

The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) う​づき [úꜜzùkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝzɨᵝkʲi]

Noun

卯(う)月(づき) • (uzuki) 

1. (archaic) the fourth month of the lunar calendar
2. (poetic) the month when deutzia flowers are in bloom: April

Synonyms

Synonyms

• 卯(う)の花(はな)月(づき) (unohana-zuki)
• 陰月(いんげつ) (ingetsu)
• 夏半(かはん) (kahan)
• 木(こ)の葉(は)採(と)り月(づき) (konohatori-zuki)
• 首夏(しゅか) (shuka)
• 修景(しゅうけい) (shūkei)
• 初夏(しょか) (shoka)
• 清(せい)和(わ) (seiwa)
• 仲呂(ちゅうりょ) (chūryo)
• 夏(なつ)端(は)月(づき) (natsuhazuki)
• 梅月(ばいげつ) (baigetsu)
• 花(はな)残(のこ)し月(づき) (hananokoshizuki)
• 花(はな)残(のこ)り月(づき) (hananokorizuki)
• 乏月(ぼうげつ) (bōgetsu)
• 祭(まつり)月(づき), 祭(まつ)り月(づき) (matsurizuki)
• 巳(み) (mi)
• 孟夏(もうか) (mōka)
• 余(よ)月(げつ) (yogetsu)

Coordinate terms

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 卯月(うづき)会(え) (uzuki-e)
• 卯月(うづき)曇(ぐも)り (uzuki-gumori, “clouding during the fourth lunar month”)
• 卯月(うづき)鳥(どり) (uzukidori, “lesser cuckoo”)
• 卯月(うづき)の忌(い)み (uzuki no imi)
• 卯月(うづき)の花(はな) (uzuki no hana)
• 卯月(うづき)の御(み)標(しめ) (uzuki no mi-shime)
• 卯月(うづき)の雪(ゆき) (uzuki no yuki)
• 卯月(うづき)花(ばな) (uzukibana)
• 卯月(うづき)八日(ようか) (uzuki yōka, “eighth day of the fourth lunar month”)

See also

• 空木(ウツギ), 卯木(ウツギ) (utsugi, “Deutzia crenata”)
• 四(し)月(がつ) (shigatsu)

Proper noun

卯(う)月(づき) • (Uzuki) 

1. (historical) a 神風 (Kamikaze)-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy
2. (historical) a 睦月 (Mutsuki)-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, see Japanese destroyer Uzuki (1925) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
3. a female given name
4. a surname