令月

See also: 命月

Chinese
 
make or cause to be; order; command
make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable
 moon; month
trad. (令月) 令 月
simp. #(令月) 令 月

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 令 月
Reading # 4/5 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 清 (121) 月 (68)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 力政切 魚厥切
Baxter ljengH ngjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /liᴇŋH/ /ŋʉɐt̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /liɛŋH/ /ŋʷiɐt̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /liæŋH/ /ŋiuɐt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /liajŋH/ /ŋuat̚/
Li
Rong		 /liɛŋH/ /ŋiuɐt̚/
Wang
Li		 /lĭɛŋH/ /ŋĭwɐt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /li̯ɛŋH/ /ŋi̯wɐt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lìng yuè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 ling6 jyut6

Noun

令月

  1. (literary) auspicious month
  2. (literary) second month of the Chinese calendar

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (令月):
  • → Japanese: 令(れい)月(げつ) (reigetsu)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
令 月
れい
Grade: 4		 げつ
Grade: 1
kan’on

Etymology

/rei ɡʷetu/ → /reːɡet͡su/

From Middle Chinese 令月 (MC ljengH ngjwot, literally “good month”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) れ​ーげつ [réꜜègètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾe̞ːɡe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

令(れい)月(げつ) • (reigetsu) 

  1. a nice and auspicious month
  2. the second month of the lunar calendar
    Synonym: 如月 (kisaragi)

Derived terms
  • 嘉(か)辰(しん)令(れい)月(げつ) (kashin reigetsu)

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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