Keyword
moon
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Kyōiku (1st grade) 
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KankenLevel 10
Heisig13
Readings
げつ
(35%)
がつ
(26%)
つき
(26%)
づき
(4%)
げっ
(3%)
ずき
(1%)
Mnemonic

A pictograph of a moon, whose full cycle takes approximately a month.

In the ancient times this character looked more like a crescent moon, but over time it morphed into being drawn like this.

Used in kanji (146 in total)
bright
sort of thing
ability
win
Used in vocabulary (607 in total)
moon; month
months (period of)
Monday
Examples (200 in total)
When are you coming to the moon? We need you.
When are you going to the moon? We need you.
That was the first time that a man walked on the moon.