如月

如月

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

• 杏月 (Xìngyuè), 麗月／丽月 (Lìyuè), 花月, 柳月, 仲春, 酣春, 艷春／艳春, 芳春, 早春 (zǎochūn)

• Month of the Year: 如月
  • Previous: 正月
  • Next: 桃月

Note: Any month in the Chinese calendar may be preceded or followed by an intercalary month, an irregular month inserted into the calendar to bring the lunar year in line with the solar year.

• 二月, 衣更着, 更衣

Either from 生更ぎ (kisaragi, “rebirth of plants”) or from 衣更着 (kinusaragi, “wearing more clothes”)(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Also compare 겨슬 (gyeoseul) (obsolete, dialectal), related to Modern Korean 겨울 (gyeoul) "winter."

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) きさらぎ [kìsárágí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kʲi̥sa̠ɾa̠ɡʲi]

如月 (hiragana きさらぎ, rōmaji kisaragi)

1. (archaic) the second month of the lunar calendar
2. (poetic) February

• (Japanese calendar months) 睦月 (むつき) (mutsuki), 如月 (きさらぎ) (kisaragi), 弥生 (やよい) (yayoi), 卯 (う)月 (づき) (uzuki), 皐 (さ)月 (つき) (satsuki), 水 (み)無 (な)月 (づき) (minazuki), 文 (ふみ)月 (づき) (fumizuki), 葉 (は)月 (づき) (hazuki), 長 (なが)月 (つき) (nagatsuki), 神 (かん)無 (な)月 (づき) (kannazuki), 霜 (しも)月 (つき) (shimotsuki), 師走 (しわす) (shiwasu) ^{(Category: ja:Japanese months)}