Kanji: 月 tsuki month
This is a sun ( 日 ) with legs -- the moon runs faster around the earth, therefore it needs legs.
JLPT N5: 22 / 100 | 4 Strokes
月
On: ガツ; ゲツ
Kun: つき
Kun: つき
Meaning: moon; month
Learn these early kanji well. Many of them are found in more complex kanji as radicals.
Stroke Order:
Examples:
- 一月 January [lit. 1st month]
- 今月 this month
- 月 the moon
- 月曜日 Monday
Example Sentence:
今日は月曜日です。
Today is Monday.
- 今日 today
- は as for [topic marker]
- 月曜日 Monday [All the days of the week end in ～曜日]
- です is (copula)
