Kanji: 月

    • Meaning : month,moon
    • ON reading : ゲツ,ガツ
    • KUN reading : つき
    • Nanori : おと,がっ,す,ずき,もり
    • Stroke count : 4
    • Frequency of use ranking : 23
    • Jouyou grade level : 1
    • JLPT : 4
    • Radical :

Words containing that kanji:


  • - ぼんとしょうがつがいっしょにきたよう - To be as busy as a bee/Like Christmas and a birthday feast rolled into one
  • - つきがみ - deity of the moon/moon god
  • るるし - さいげつながるるごとし - Time flies
  • | - よくよくげつ - two months later/the month after next
  • | ひと - ひとつき | いちげつ - one month
  • | 1 - いちがつ - January
  • - なんがつ - what month
  • - かげつ - good month/bright moon
  • - かげんのつき - waning moon
  • | | - なんかげつ - how many months?/how long?
  • - かちょうふうげつ - beauties of nature/the traditional themes of natural beauty in Japanese aesthetics | artistic pursuits involving nature themes
  • | | ヵ | ヶ | ケ - かげつ - (number of) months
  • - かくつき - every month
  • - かくげつ - every second month/every other month
  • - かんげつ - moon viewing
  • - きゅうしょうがつ - lunisolar New Year/Chinese New Year/Vietnamese Tet
  • - きょげつ - last month
  • - かんげつかい - moon-viewing party
  • | 9 - くがつ - September
  • - つき - moon | month
  • ロケット - つきロケット - moon rocket
  • - げつがく - monthly amount (sum)
  • - げっきゅう - monthly salary
  • - げっけい - menstruation/menstrual period
  • - つきみそば - soba with egg
  • - げつじ - menstruation
  • - げっしょく - moonlight
  • れ | れ - つきおくれ - a month or older | back numbers of a monthly
  • - げっぷ - monthly installment (instalment)/monthly payment
  • - げつまつ | つきずえ - end of the month
  • - げつよう - Monday
  • - げつれい - age of the moon
  • - つきのわ - ring around the moon
  • - げっかひょうじん - go-between/matchmaker/Cupid
  • - げっかん - month-long period/(during) month
  • - げっけいじゅ - laurel tree/bay tree
  • - つきみ - viewing the moon
  • り - つきまいり - monthly (shrine or temple) visit
  • め | め - つきはじめ - beginning of month
  • り - つきがわり - (a) new month starts
  • つ - つきひのたつ - passing of days and months
  • - げっぽう - monthly report
  • - つきよ - moonlit night
  • - げつれいかい - monthly meeting
  • とすっぽん | - つきとすっぽん - like the difference between heaven and hell
  • - げつえい | つきかげ - moonlight/moon/moonbeams
  • - げっかん - monthly publication/monthly issue
  • | め - つきぎめ - monthly
  • - げっけいしゅうき - menstrual cycle
  • - げっこう - moonlight/moonbeam
  • - げっしゃ - monthly tuition fee
  • | - げっしょく - lunar eclipse
  • - げっちょうせき - moonstone
  • | | み - つきなみ | げつじ - every month | trite/common
  • - げつめい - moonlight
  • - げつようび - Monday
  • - つきのもの - menstruation
  • に - げっかに - in the moonlight
  • - げっかんし - monthly magazine
  • - げっけいかん - laurel wreath
  • - げっけいまえ - premenstrual
  • - つきごろ - these past months
  • - げっしゅう - monthly income
  • - げっすいきん - Mon-Wed-Fri
  • - つきひ - time/years/days
  • - つきべつ - by months
  • - げつめん - moon's surface
  • - げつれい - monthly
  • | 5 - ごがつ - May
  • | れ - さつきばれ - early-summer fine weather (during rainy season)
  • - げんげつ - crescent moon
  • - しょうのつき - short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days)
  • - ごがつのせっく - Boy's Festival
  • - だいのつき - long month (i.e. having 31 days)
  • - ごがつにんぎょう - Boys' May Festival dolls
  • - さつきやみ - dark night in the rainy season
  • - がっこうぼさつ - Candraprabha (bodhisattva)
  • | さ - さらいげつ - month after next
  • - こんげつまつ - end of this month
  • - こんげつ - this month
  • - こんげつぶん - (charge) for this month
  • | - みなづきばらえ - summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)
  • - みつき - three months
  • - さいげつ | としつき - time/years
  • - さんがつのせっく - Girls' (dolls') Festival (March 3rd)
  • | - さつき - fifth month of the lunar calendar
  • | 3 - さんがつ - March
  • - みかづき | みかずき - new moon/crescent moon
  • | - しがつ - April
  • - のちのつきみ - moon-viewing on the 13th day of the 9th lunar month
  • - げっきん - yueqin (4-stringed Chinese lute)
  • | - しちがつ - July
  • - のちのつき - moon of the 13th day of 9th lunar month | leap month
  • - もちのつき - full moon
  • 10 | - じゅうがつ - October
  • | | ち | - つきたち - first day of the month | first ten days of the lunar month
  • - あとのつき - last month
  • - あとげつ - last month
  • - じゅうがつかくめい - October Revolution
  • - こうせいげつ - sidereal month
  • - じゅんげつ - month and ten days/ten months/short time
  • 11 | - じゅういちがつ - November
  • 12 | - じゅうにがつ - December
  • - げんげつ | きりげつ - contract month/delivery month (of a futures contract)
  • - きんてんげつ - anomalistic month
  • | り - つきごもり | つきこもり - last day of the month
  • - げつか - Monday and Tuesday
  • - さみだれぐも - cloud during rainy season
  • - なつのつき - the (cool) summer moon
  • - みなづき | みなつき - sixth month of the lunar calendar
  • - しょうがつ - New Year/New Year's Day/the first month/January
  • - せいねんがっぴ - birth date
  • - うげつ - being unable to see the (harvest) moon because of rain | fifth lunar month
  • - せんげつ - last month
  • ばかりじゃない - つきよのばんばかりじゃない - you better watch your step!/sleep with one eye open!
  • - うづきどり - lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
  • - ほしづき - star (white patch on the forehead of a horse)
  • - つきのころ - a good time to view the moon (i.e. when it is full)
  • - しもつき - eleventh month of the lunar calendar
  • - にくづき - kanji "meat" radical at left (looks like "moon" radical, radical 74)
  • - さくぼうげつ - synodic month
  • - つきへん - kanji "moon" radical at left (usually classified as radical 130)
  • - ちゅうしゅうのめいげつ - harvest moon
  • ば - つきなかば - middle of the month/mid-month
  • - ながつき - ninth month of the lunar calendar
  • - ねづき - eleventh month of the lunar calendar
  • - げつちゅうじゅん - middle of the month/mid-month
  • - つきなか - middle of the month/mid-month
  • - げつちゅう | がつちゅう - (for the) whole month
  • - どうげつ - the same month
  • - みかづきこ - oxbow lake/billabong
  • - ふたつき - two months
  • - ねんがっぴ - date
  • - にっしんげっぽ - steady progress/rapid advance
  • - げつ - Monday
  • | 2 - にがつ - February
  • | - はちがつ - August
  • - じょうげんのつき - waxing moon
  • たず - さいげつひとをまたず - Time waits for no-one/Time and tide stay for no man
  • - はんかげつ - half a month
  • - はんげっかん - a semimonthly
  • い | い | い - うるさい - noisy/loud | fussy | annoying/troublesome/tiresome/importunate | bossy
  • り | り - しょうがつぶとり | おしょうがつぶとり - putting on weight over the New Year's holidays
  • - げつめんちゃくりく - moon landing
  • - せんげつ - crescent moon
  • - げんげつ - paraselene/moon dog/moondog (bright spot on either side of the moon caused by refraction of moonlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere)
  • - ふみづき | ふづき - seventh month of the lunar calendar
  • - せきしんげつしゃ - Red Crescent Society
  • - もちづき | ぼうげつ - full moon | full moon of the eighth lunar month
  • - むつき - first month of the lunar calendar
  • - げっかろうじん - go-between/matchmaker
  • - しゅんかしゅうげつ - spring flowers and the autumn moon/beauty of nature as it changes from season to season
  • - まんげつ - full moon
  • - よくげつ - following month
  • - がつ - month (of the year)/used after number or question word (e.g. nan or nani)
  • - たいいんげつ - lunar month
  • - らいげつ - next month
  • - ほんげつ - this month
  • - りんげつ - the last month of pregnancy
  • - れいげつ - every month
  • - えんげつ - crescent moon
  • - わんげつ - crescent
  • - れきげつ - calendar month
  • | - ろくがつ - June
  • - さかやき | つきしろ - shaved part of the forehead
  • - えんげつとう - scimitar
  • - わんげつじょう - crescent shape
  • - うるうづき | じゅんげつ - intercalary month
  • - さみだれ | さつきあめ - early-summer rain
  • - しがつびょう - optimism experienced by college students or workplace recruits at the beginning of school or work
  • | - つきげ - palomino
  • - うづき | うつき | うずき - fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • - ろくがつびょう - blues experienced by workplace recruits shortly after beginning work
  • - ごがつのぼり | さつきのぼり - Boys' Festival paper-carp streamers
  • - しゅっしょうねんがっぴ | しゅっせいねんがっぴ - date of birth
  • - はんつき | はんげつ - half-moon | half month | semicircle
  • - としつき | ねんげつ - months and years
  • - まいげつ | まいつき - every month/each month/monthly
  • | | | - いっかげつ - one month
  • | - くらげ | すいぼ | クラゲ - jellyfish | medusa
  • | | | - すうかげつ - several months
  • | - せんせんげつ - month before last
  • - さみだれしき - intermittent (off and on) manner/dragging on and on
  • かり | かり | り - つきあかり - moonlight
  • 々 | - つきづき - every month
  • | - いっさくさくげつ - three months ago
  • - がっぴ - (the) date
  • | - めいげつ - harvest moon/full moon/bright moon
  • - へいげつしゅうか - the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman (lit: (so beautiful that) the Moon is abashed and flowers wilt)
  • - みかづきまゆ - arched eyebrows
  • - はんげつけい | はんげつがた - semicircular/crescent-shaped/half-moon
  • - はんげつべん - semilunar valve
  • | | - きさらぎ | じょげつ | きぬさらぎ - second month of the lunar calendar
  • - げつない - by the end of this month
  • - はづき - eighth month of the lunar calendar
  • - げっかすいこう - polish/elaboration/repeatedly working over one's writing/being very scrupulous in the choice of diction
  • - しゅうげつへいか - the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman (lit: (so beautiful that) the Moon is abashed and flowers wilt)
  • - せいふうめいげつ - refreshing breeze and the bright moon/a beautiful nocturnal scene with a full moon
  • - じつげつ | にちげつ - sun and moon/time/days/years
  • - こうづき - tenth lunar month
  • - げっさん - monthly output (production)
  • - かいていろうげつ - totally useless (fruitless) effort/wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea)
  • - きょうかすいげつ - flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface/something that is visible but having no substance/the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words
  • - こじょうらくげつ - feeling apprehensive/feeling (looking) lone and helpless/being down-and-out (ruined)/helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
  • - じつげつせいしん | にちげつせいしん - the sun, the moon and the stars/the heavenly bodies
  • - じんぶつげったん - character sketch/comments on personalities
  • - げっきゅうどろぼう - freeloader/slacker/lazy worker who does not deserve his salary
  • - ほしづきよ | ほしづくよ - starry night
  • - みかづきけい - crescent shape
  • - きゃくげつ | かくげつ - last month
  • - ゆうづきよ | ゆうづくよ - moonlit evening
  • - むげつ - moonless sky (poetic usage)
  • - ごがつびょう - blues experienced by college freshmen or workplace recruits shortly after beginning school or work/the May blues
  • - ぜんげつ - last month/previous month
  • - つくよみのみこと - Moon God/Tsukuyomi no Mikoto/brother of Amaterasu
  • - かんげつ - wintry moon/a winter month
  • - せいげつ - moon shining in a rain-cleansed sky
  • - しんげつ - a new moon/a crescent moon
  • - るいげつ - a number of months
  • - みつげつ - honeymoon | in an intimate relationship
  • - ならしげっしゅう - average monthly salary
  • - こしょうがつ - the 14th-16th days of the lunar New Year
  • - ゆうづき - the evening moon
  • - きゅうかげつ - nine months
  • - げつれいけいざいほうこく - monthly economic report
  • - ざんげつ - moon visible in the morning
  • - うみづき - final month of pregnancy
  • - かんなづき | かみなづき - tenth month of the lunar calendar
  • 鹿 | 4鹿 - しがつばか - April fool | April fool's day
  • - かんじつげつ - leisure
  • - ごくげつ - last month of the year/December
  • - ぼうげつ - a certain month
  • - ねしょうがつ - staying at home during the New Year's holiday
  • - しょうつき - month of a person's death
  • - しょうつきめいにち - anniversary of a person's death
  • - きくづき - the ninth month in the lunar calendar
  • - とうげつ - this month
  • - げっせかい - moon/lunar world
  • に - つきごとに - monthly
  • - つきよたけ - moonlight mushroom
  • - つきがけちょきん - monthly installment deposit/monthly instalment deposit/monthly savings
  • し - つきごし - left (unpaid) from previous month
  • - げっぴょう - monthly review
  • - げっか - in the moonlight
  • - げっかんざっし - monthly magazine
  • - つきがた - crescent shape
  • - げっぽう - monthly salary
  • - げっけいこんなんしょう - dysmenorrhea
  • - つきばん - monthly shift or duty
  • - げっぷはんばい - selling on a (monthly) installment plan (instalment)/hire purchase
  • - げっかびじん - Dutchman's pipe cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)/night-blooming cereus/queen of the night
  • い - つきばらい - monthly installment (instalment)/monthly payment
  • - つきみそう - evening primrose (esp. the fourwing evening primrose, Oenothera tetraptera)
  • - げっけい - laurel/the moon
  • - げっけいたい - sanitary napkin
  • - げっきゅうび - pay day
  • - げつりん | がつりん | がちりん - (full) moon/moon when it's round
  • ば - つきなかば - middle of the month
  • - げったん - first day of the month/commentary
  • - げつり - monthly interest
  • け - つきがけ - monthly installment plan/monthly instalment plan
  • り - つきわり - per month/monthly installment plan/monthly instalment plan
  • り - げっきゅうとり - salaried employee
  • | - つきのわぐま | ツキノワグマ - Asian black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus)
  • - ろうげつ - the twelfth lunar month
  • - おぼろづき - hazy moon
  • - おぼろづきよ - misty, moonlit night
  • - せいぞうねんがっぴ - date of manufacture
  • り - つきのいり - moonset/moondown
  • - かいきげっしょく - total eclipse of the moon
  • - たちまちづき - 17-day-old moon
  • - ゆみはりづき - crescent moon
  • - たんじつげつ - short period of time
  • - せつげっか - snow, moon, and flowers
  • - ふうげつ - nature's beauty (cool breeze and bright moon)
  • らず - つきたらず - premature birth
  • - つきので - moonrise/rise of the moon
  • - ごがつさい - May Day/May Festival
  • - かくげつかん - published bimonthly
  • - がいげつ - tenth month of the lunar calendar
  • れた - くもまにあらわれたつき - moon peeping from behind the clouds
  • める - げっしゃをおさめる - to pay a school fee
  • - げつきん - Mondays and Fridays
  • けてゆく - かけてゆくつき - waning moon
  • - げっしょう - monthly sales
  • - こうげつ - bright white moon
  • - まるひとつき - the whole month/all the month
  • - さるじゅういちがつ - last November
  • - きよいつきかげ - beautiful moonlight/clear moon
  • - りょうげつ - bright moonlight
  • - しんしょうがつ - January (according to the new calendar)
  • - げっそう - phase of the moon
  • | - まるいっかげつ - the whole month/all the month
  • - けいげつ - moon
  • がる - げっきゅうがあがる - to get a raise in salary
  • - げつおう - middle of the month
  • えた - むいについえたとしつき - years spent idly
  • れむ - つきをあわれむ - to enjoy the beauty of the moon
  • | - つきぎめちゅうしゃじょう - parking lot rented on a monthly basis
  • める - つきをながめる - to gaze at the moon
  • - そうげつりゅう - Sogetsu school of flower arrangement
  • - れんげつに - name of a famous Buddhist nun
  • り - つきのさわり - menses
  • - やすげっきゅう - low salary
  • - ふみよむつきひ - days of reading