月

月 — month, moon

JLPT: JLPT N5
Strokes: 4
Taught in: School year 1
Frequency: #23 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: げつ getsu

がつ gatsu
Kun'yomi: つき tsuki

Example words

月曜日 getsuyoubi Monday

Words that use 月

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.