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first day of lunar month

HSK 10 N1
shuò
サク
ついたち
Phonosemantic compound. 月 represents the meaning and 屰 represents the sound.
Components
month+ disobedient =
first day of lunar month
Meaning component
yuè month
moon
Phonetic component
disobedient
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
Clerical
Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[shuò]
beginning; first day of lunar month; north
Japanese
月立ち 月立 一日 つきたち 同音

noun

  1. archaic first day of the month
  2. first ten days of the lunar month
さく 同音

noun

  1. astronomy new moon
  2. first day of the lunar month
  3. historical next year's calendar and decrees (in ancient China; distributed by the Emperor at year's end)
1日 一日 朔日 (rare) (rare) ついたち 同音
noun first day of the month; the first of the month
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
けんさく
Kensaku given name
こよみ
Koyomi female given name
さく
Saku female given namesurname
はじめ
Hajime given name