月

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moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Pictograph (象形字)

A crescent moon

Components 冂二

month · Heisig RSH #13

— as a component also called: moon, flesh, part of the body

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
月子中心	yuè zi zhōng xīn	postpartum care center (a facility providing services such as professional care and nutrit…
月头儿	yuè tóu r	start of the month (colloquial)
出月子	chū yuè zi	to complete the month of confinement following childbirth; cf 坐月子[zuo4 yue4 zi5]
月下老人	yuè xià lǎo rén	(Chinese folk religion) the god of matchmaking; (idiom) matchmaker
月下老儿	yuè xià lǎo r	see 月下老人[yue4 xia4 lao3 ren2]
月子病	yuè zi bìng	puerperal fever
不月	bù yuè	amenorrhoea; irregular menstruation
月子	yuè zi	traditional one-month confinement period following childbirth; puerperium
大月	dà yuè	solar month of 31 days; a lunar month of 30 days
白月光	bái yuè guāng	(slang) the one that got away
一月	Yī yuè	January; first month (of the lunar year)
月下花前	yuè xià huā qián	see 花前月下[hua1 qian2 yue4 xia4]
花前月下	huā qián yuè xià	(idiom) romantic surroundings
月中	yuè zhōng	the middle of the month; (Tw) (coll.) postpartum care center (abbr. for 月子中心[yue4 zi5 zhon…
日月重光	rì yuè chóng guāng	the sun and moon shine once more; fig. things get back to normal after an upheaval
月黑天	yuè hēi tiān	the dark; night
月海	yuè hǎi	lunar mare
上月	shàng yuè	last month
月光石	yuè guāng shí	moonstone
红新月	Hóng xīn yuè	Red Crescent

These characters use 月 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
月 sound part	yuè	moon; month
有	yǒu	to have, to own, to possess; to exist
朔	shuò	beginning; the first day of the lunar month
钥	yuè	lock, key
炙	zhì	to roast, to broil; to cauterize
塍	chéng	a raised path between fields, a dike
刖	yuè	cutting off the feet as a form of punishment