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February
二月 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja for the month of February.
This literally means the “second month” or “second moon” (of the year).
Happy New Year
If you want to wish someone a happy new year, 新年快樂 is the way.
You can hang this up during Western New Years (Dec 31st - Jan 1st) and keep it up until after Chinese New Year which happens in either January or February of each year (it changes from year to year because China uses a lunar calendar).
Moon
月 is how to write the title for “moon” in Chinese, Korean Hanja, and Japanese Kanji.
月 is also used to refer to the month. This is because China traditionally uses a lunar calendar, so saying “next moon” is the same as saying “next month” etc.
In modern Chinese and Japanese and old Korean, the character for a number is put in front of this moon character to represent western months. So “one moon” is January “two moons” is February etc.
If you are wondering, in the east Asian way to write dates, the character for “sun” or “day” is used with a number in front of it to express the day of the month. So “ten moons, one sun” becomes “October 1st” or “10/1” (this date happens to be Chinese National Day - The equivalent of Independence Day in the USA, Canada Day, or the Queen's Birthday).
In Japanese, 月 can be a surname that romanizes as Tsuki, Tsukizaki, or Takagetsu.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
丑 see styles |
chǒu chou3 ch`ou chou ushi うし |
More info & calligraphy: Chou(1) the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); (2) (obsolete) (See 丑の刻) hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); (3) (obsolete) north-northeast; (4) (obsolete) twelfth month of the lunar calendar; (personal name) Chuu |
二月 see styles |
èr yuè er4 yue4 erh yüeh futatsuki ふたつき |
More info & calligraphy: Februarytwo months second moon |
寅 see styles |
yín yin2 yin tora とら |
3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger; ancient Chinese compass point: 60° (1) the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); (2) (obsolete) (See 寅の刻) hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); (3) (obsolete) east-northeast; (4) (obsolete) first month of the lunar calendar; (surname) Fusa |
閏 闰 see styles |
rùn run4 jun uruu / uru うるう |
intercalary; an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29) (noun - becomes adjective with の) (kana only) embolism; intercalation; (personal name) Jun a household |
大寒 see styles |
dà hán da4 han2 ta han daikan だいかん |
Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th January-3rd February (1) (time of) extreme cold; (2) (See 二十四節気) "major cold" solar term (approx. January 20, roughly the coldest time of the year); (given name) Osamu |
平月 see styles |
píng yuè ping2 yue4 p`ing yüeh ping yüeh |
February of a common year |
立春 see styles |
lì chūn li4 chun1 li ch`un li chun risshun りっしゅん |
Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 4th-18th February (See 二十四節気) first day of spring (according to the traditional lunisolar calendar, approx. February 4) |
節分 see styles |
setsubun; sechibun(ok); sechibu(ok) せつぶん; せちぶん(ok); せちぶ(ok) |
(1) setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; (2) (orig. meaning) last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar) |
雨水 see styles |
yǔ shuǐ yu3 shui3 yü shui amamizu(p); usui あまみず(P); うすい |
rainwater; rainfall; rain (1) rain water; (2) (うすい only) (See 二十四節気) "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19); (surname, female given name) Usui |
二月份 see styles |
èr yuè fèn er4 yue4 fen4 erh yüeh fen |
February |
二月尽 see styles |
nigatsujin にがつじん |
last day of February; last day of the second lunar month |
修二会 see styles |
shunie しゅにえ |
{Buddh} Shuni-e (ceremony held at some temples in February) |
摩伽陀 see styles |
mó qié tuó mo2 qie2 tuo2 mo ch`ieh t`o mo chieh to Magada |
Magadha, cf. 摩竭陀 also used for Māgha, the month January-February. |
曾繁仁 see styles |
zēng fán rén zeng1 fan2 ren2 tseng fan jen |
Zeng Fanren, president of Shandong University from February 1998 until July 2000 |
梅花祭 see styles |
baikasai ばいかさい |
Plum Blossom Festival (Kitano Shrine, February 25) |
牧神節 牧神节 see styles |
mù shén jié mu4 shen2 jie2 mu shen chieh |
Lupercalia, Roman festival to Pan on 15th February |
紀元節 see styles |
kigensetsu きげんせつ |
(hist) (See 建国記念の日) Empire Day (February 11th; national holiday held from 1872 to 1948) |
聖燭節 圣烛节 see styles |
shèng zhú jié sheng4 zhu2 jie2 sheng chu chieh |
Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February) |
花朝節 花朝节 see styles |
huā zhāo jié hua1 zhao1 jie2 hua chao chieh |
Birthday of the Flowers, spring festival on lunar 12th or 15th February |
表菅原 see styles |
omotesugawara おもてすがわら |
{hanaf} (See 出来役) scoring combination consisting of the January and March 20-point cards and the February 10-point card |
裏菅原 see styles |
urasugawara うらすがわら |
{hanaf} (See 出来役) scoring combination consisting of the January, February and March 5-point cards |
三月革命 see styles |
sangatsukakumei / sangatsukakume さんがつかくめい |
(1) (hist) March Revolution (Austria and Germany, 1848); (2) (hist) (See 二月革命・2) February Revolution (Russia, 1917) |
二月革命 see styles |
nigatsukakumei / nigatsukakume にがつかくめい |
(1) (hist) February Revolution (France, 1848); (2) (hist) February Revolution (Russia, 1917) |
大阪会議 see styles |
oosakakaigi おおさかかいぎ |
(hist) Osaka Conference; meeting held by the leaders of the Meiji Restoration in Osaka to discuss the formation of a representative assembly (January-February, 1875) |
花朝月夕 see styles |
huā zhāo yuè xī hua1 zhao1 yue4 xi1 hua chao yüeh hsi |
a beautiful day; cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August |
赤よろし see styles |
akayoroshi; anoyoroshi(ik) あかよろし; あのよろし(ik) |
(kana only) {hanaf} (See 出来役) scoring combination consisting of the January, February and March 5-point cards |
頗勒具那 颇勒具那 see styles |
pǒ lè jun à po3 le4 jun4 a4 p`o le chün a po le chün a |
(or 頗勒窶拏) Phālguna, the twelfth month in India (February-March). |
ヤルタ会談 see styles |
yarutakaidan ヤルタかいだん |
(hist) Yalta Conference (February 1945) |
伊弉冉景気 see styles |
izanamikeiki / izanamikeki いざなみけいき |
period of Japanese economic expansion from February 2002 to October 2007 |
天皇誕生日 see styles |
tennoutanjoubi / tennotanjobi てんのうたんじょうび |
Emperor's Birthday (national holiday; February 23); (personal name) Tennoutanjōbi |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| February | 二月 | futatsuki / nigatsu | èr yuè / er4 yue4 / er yue / eryue | erh yüeh / erhyüeh |
| Happy New Year | 新年快樂 新年快乐 | xīn nián kuài lè xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4 xin nian kuai le xinniankuaile | hsin nien k`uai le hsinnienkuaile hsin nien kuai le |
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| Moon | 月 | tsuki | yuè / yue4 / yue | yüeh |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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