卯月

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
つき > づき
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From either 卯の花 (u no hana, flower of deutzia) or (u, rabbit) + (tsuki, month), as is the fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

卯月 (hiragana うづき, rōmaji uzuki)

  1. (archaic) the fourth month of the lunar calendar
  2. (poetic) April

Coordinate terms

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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