葉月

Japanese
Kanji in this term
葉 月
は
Grade: 3		 つき > づき
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

葉 (は, ha), "leaf" + 月 (つき, tsuki), "month"

Pronunciation

    Noun

    葉(は)月(づき) • (hazuki) 

    1. (archaic) the eighth month of the lunar calendar
    2. (poetic) the leaf month; August

    Coordinate terms: 睦月, 如月, 弥生, 卯月, 皐月, 水無月, 文月, 葉月, 長月, 神無月, 霜月, 師走

    Proper noun

    葉(は)月(づき) • (Hazuki) 

    1. a female given name

    葉月(はつき) • (Hatsuki) 

    1. (rare) a female given name

    References
    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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