How to write 月 (yuè, “moon”)
月 (yuè), an HSK 1 character, means “moon”, “month” and “monthly”. Make Me a Hanzi uses it in 33 other characters, such as 明 (“bright”), 有 (“to have”) and 朋 (“friend”). On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 月亮 (“the moon”), 月份 (“month”) and 月饼 (“mooncake”). Japanese reads it getsu, “month”, as a JLPT N5 kanji.
- Pinyin
- yuè
- Strokes
- 4
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 月 (“moon or flesh”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
As an open-bottom frame character it splits into 冂 (“wide”), strokes 1–2; 二 (“two”), strokes 3–4, written the frame first.
- Vertical then left-falling ㇓top leftdownwards → down and left
- Horizontal-turn-hook ㇆toprightwards → downwards
- Horizontal ㇐toprightwards
- Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 4 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
月 inside other characters
Make Me a Hanzi count: 33 characters.
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| yuè fourth tone | moon; month; monthly | — | 月亮 月份 月饼 岁月 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 1
- 2021 standard
- level 1
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 1 word
- Words with it
- 216 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 月
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 月 | yuè | moon; month HSK 1 |
| 月亮 | yuèliang | the moon HSK 3 |
| 月份 | yuèfèn | month HSK 4 |
| 月饼 月餅 | yuèbing | mooncake HSK 4 |
| 岁月 歲月 | suìyuè | years; time HSK 6 |
| 月球 | yuèqiú | the moon HSK 6 |
| 月光 | yuèguāng | moonlight HSK 6 |
| 正月 | zhēngyuè | first month of the lunar year HSK 7-9 |
| 蜜月 | mìyuè | honeymoon HSK 7-9 |
| 日新月异 日新月異 | rìxīn-yuèyì | daily renewal, monthly change (idiom); every day sees new developments HSK 7-9 |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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HSK 1, in list order: