卯月
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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卯 | 月 |
う Jinmeiyō |
つき > づき Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
From either 卯の花 (u no hana, “flower of deutzia”) or 卯 (u, “rabbit”) + 月 (tsuki, “month”), as 卯 is the fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
卯月 (hiragana うづき, rōmaji uzuki)
- (archaic) the fourth month of the lunar calendar
- (poetic) April
Coordinate terms
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