月

• 拼音: yuè
• 汉字拆解: 月 = pictograph of a crescent moon; also a radical in body-part characters

含义

Month; moon. Used to name calendar months and also means the moon.

One of the most common characters in Chinese. As a time word, it combines with numbers to form month names: 一月 (January), 二月 (February), etc. Also means 'moon' in literary and poetic contexts. Appears as a radical in many body-part characters (肉月旁).

例句

1. 现在是三月。
2. 我下个月去北京。
3. 一年有十二个月。

用法指南

语境: time, calendar, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 你的生日是几月？(What month is your birthday?)
• 这个月我很忙。(I am very busy this month.)

错误说法

• 我在三月份月去旅行。(Redundant — say 我三月去旅行, not 三月份月; use either 三月 or 三月份)

起源与历史

A pictograph of a crescent moon. One of the earliest Chinese characters, found on Shang dynasty oracle bones. The lunar calendar connection led to its use as 'month.'

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal