moon; month
The moon and moonlight. These words describe what is seen in the sky, rather than a numbered calendar month.
A month, monthly period, or numbered month. A month name and a duration require different sentence patterns.
Inside the form
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Find this shape in other charactersMoon and calendar
CUHK describes the oracle-bone and bronze forms as representations of a half moon and cites early uses for both the celestial body and months. It links the month sense to the cycle of waxing and waning. These are examples cited by the database, not a claim that the surviving examples establish the date when people first named months.
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6 selected word-reading records. Spellings and readings checked; glosses adapted.
Linked to the character senses above ↗CHARACTER HISTORYCUHK2 attributed accounts of written forms and their interpretation.
Original discussion and specimens ↗READINGS & INDEXINGUnihan 17Unicode identity, radical, stroke data, and selected Cantonese reading.
Character-level properties and scope ↗Each source answers a different question. These layers do not imply independent agreement or complete coverage.