Memory phrase for the character: 月

月



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Meaning

moon, month

Pronunciation

 yuè

Explanation

 The radical 月 means moon or month. (The hanzi for meat/flesh 肉 as a radical is typically simplified to this 月, which looks the same, but is used differently in the explanations.)

Mnemonic
 
Image of an ascending moon

Radicals

月 moon, monthWhen it is at the left in the character then often with the meaning "body part". If at the right, then as "moon, month, period".
肉 body partThis radical is on the left in compound words and is simplified as "月", which then looks like “moon, month 月”, but still has the meaning “body part”.
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 Vocabulary

十二月 shí èr yuè  December; twelfth month (of the lunar year)
十一月 shí yī yuè  November; eleventh month (of the lunar year)
十月革命 shí yuè gé mìng  October Revolution
月份 yuè fèn  month
月中 yuè zhōng  middle of month
九月 jiǔ yuè  September; ninth month (of the lunar year)
九月 jiǔ yuè  

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