睦月

Chinese

friendly moon; month
trad. (睦月) 睦 月
simp. #(睦月) 睦 月

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 睦月(むつき) (mutsuki).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

睦月

  1. (~號) (historical) Mutsuki (a World War II destroyer)
  2. (~級) Mutsuki class Destroyer

Japanese

Kanji in this term
睦 月
むつ > む
Grade: S
つき
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

⟨mutu tuki2⟩ → */mut̚tuki/ → ⟨mutuki2⟩ → /mutukʷɨ/ → /mut͡suki/

From Old Japanese.

Appears to be derived from root 睦 (mutsu-, “affectionate, harmonious”) +‎ 月 (tsuki, “month”).

Pronunciation

Noun

睦(む)月(つき) • (mutsuki) 

  1. (archaic) the first month of the lunar calendar
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 5, poem 815), text here
      武都紀(むつき)多知(たち)波流能吉多良婆(はるのきたらば)可久斯許曽(かくしこそ)烏梅乎乎岐都々(うめををきつつ)多努之岐乎倍米(たのしきをへめ) [大(だい)貳(にの)紀(き)卿(きやう)] [Man'yōgana]
      むつき立(た)ち春(はる)の来(きた)らばかくしこそ梅(うめ)を招(を)きつつ楽(たの)しき終(を)へめ [大(だい)弐(にの)紀(き)卿(きやう)] [Modern spelling]
      mutsuki tachi haru no kitaraba kakushi koso ume o okitsutsu tanoshiki oeme (Daini no Ki-kyō)
      (please add an English translation of this example)
  2. (poetic) the month of harmony; January

Synonyms

  • 睦(むつ)び月(づき) (mutsubizuki)
  • 睦(むつ)びの月(つき) (mutsubi no tsuki)

Coordinate terms

See also

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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