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月

Mandarin · pinyin yuè

moon
month
monthly
Classifier: 個 gè, 輪 lún

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月: yuè · moon; month; Kangxi radical 74

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Cantonese word readings for 月. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

(literary or dialectal) moon (Classifier: 輪／轮 m)
(literary or dialectal) moon (Classifier: 輪／轮 m) — (Classical) short for 月曜日 (yuèyàorì): Monday
moon-shaped; round like a moon
(literary) moonlight
(Cantonese, in compounds) short for 月餅／月饼 (“mooncake”)
month (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)
monthly
Classifier for months.
a surname

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