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January
First Month
一月 is the month of January, the first month of the year, in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
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 |
一月 see styles |
yī yuè yi1 yue4 i yüeh mutsuki むつき |
More info & calligraphy: Januaryone month; (adverbial noun) January; (female given name) Mutsuki |
七種 七种 see styles |
qī zhǒng qi1 zhong3 ch`i chung chi chung nanatane ななたね |
(1) (abbreviation) the seven spring flowers; (2) (abbreviation) the seven fall flowers; the seven autumn flowers; (3) (abbreviation) the seventh of January; Festival of Seven Herbs; (surname) Nanatane seven kinds |
七草 see styles |
nanakusa ななくさ |
(1) (abbreviation) the seven spring flowers; (2) (abbreviation) the seven fall flowers; the seven autumn flowers; (3) (abbreviation) the seventh of January; Festival of Seven Herbs; (surname, female given name) Nanakusa |
三元 see styles |
sān yuán san1 yuan2 san yüan sangen さんげん |
(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元[jie4 yuan2], metropolitan 會元|会元[hui4 yuan2] and palace 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2] (1) (See 上元,中元・1,下元) 15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months; (2) heaven, earth and man; (3) January 1; New Year's Day; (can act as adjective) (4) {chem} ternary; (female given name) Miyuki |
五節 see styles |
gosetsu ごせつ |
the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9) |
元三 see styles |
ganzan; gansan がんざん; がんさん |
New Year's period (January 1 to 3); (given name) Motomitsu |
冬至 see styles |
dōng zhì dong1 zhi4 tung chih touji / toji とうじ |
Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd December-5th January (See 夏至) winter solstice; (surname, given name) Touji |
大場 see styles |
ooba おおば |
(1) wide place; (2) {hanaf} (See 場・ば・6) starting field containing any of the January, March or August 20-point cards; (place-name) Daiba |
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 |
寒九 see styles |
kanku かんく |
ninth day of the cold season (approx January 13th) |
小寒 see styles |
xiǎo hán xiao3 han2 hsiao han shoukan / shokan しょうかん |
Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-19th January (See 二十四節気) "minor cold" solar term (approx. January 6); (female given name) Kosamu |
正月 see styles |
zhēng yuè zheng1 yue4 cheng yüeh shougatsu / shogatsu しょうがつ |
first month of the lunar year (1) New Year (esp. first three days); (2) first month of the year; January; (surname) Mutsuki the first month of the year |
睦月 see styles |
mutsuki むつき |
(1) first month of the lunar calendar; (2) January; (place-name) Muzuki |
福笹 see styles |
fukuzasa ふくざさ |
lucky bamboo branch (sold during the Toka Ebisu festival in early January) |
鏡餅 see styles |
kagamimochi かがみもち |
mirror-shaped mochi, usu. a pair stacked in order of size with a daidai on top, used as a New Year offering, then cut and eaten on January 11. |
鏡餠 see styles |
kagamimochi かがみもち |
(out-dated kanji) mirror-shaped mochi, usu. a pair stacked in order of size with a daidai on top, used as a New Year offering, then cut and eaten on January 11. |
お正月 see styles |
oshougatsu / oshogatsu おしょうがつ |
(1) (polite language) New Year (esp. first three or fifteen days); (2) (polite language) the first month of the year; January |
三が日 see styles |
sanganichi さんがにち |
first three days of the New Year (January 1st to 3rd) |
三箇日 see styles |
sanganichi さんがにち |
first three days of the New Year (January 1st to 3rd) |
五節句 see styles |
gosekku ごせっく |
the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9) |
元始祭 see styles |
genshisai げんしさい |
{Shinto} Festival of Origins (January 3) |
初場所 see styles |
hatsubasho はつばしょ |
{sumo} New Year's Tournament (held in Tokyo in January) |
初買い see styles |
hatsugai はつがい |
(See 初売り) going shopping on January 2 |
十三月 see styles |
juusangatsu / jusangatsu じゅうさんがつ |
(See 正月・2) January; 13th month |
十日戎 see styles |
tookaebisu とおかえびす |
(See 恵比寿・えびす) festival held on January 10 in honor of Ebisu, the god of fishing and commerce |
小正月 see styles |
koshougatsu / koshogatsu こしょうがつ |
Little New Year (festival held on January 15); 14th-16th days of the New Year; Koshōgatsu |
後七日 see styles |
goshichinichi ごしちにち |
January 8-14 |
御正月 see styles |
oshougatsu / oshogatsu おしょうがつ |
(1) (polite language) New Year (esp. first three or fifteen days); (2) (polite language) the first month of the year; January |
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. |
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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 | |
| January | 一月 | ichi gatsu / ichigatsu | yī yuè / yi1 yue4 / yi yue / yiyue | i yüeh / iyüeh |
| 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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