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

    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. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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