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庚申月

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 庚申月.

Dictionary

Entry

庚申月こうしんづきNoun
1

Historical term

Metal Monkey month; lunar month that contains a day of the Metal Monkey (essentially every other month) during which it was believed colds were more frequent

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

7th, 7th calendar sign

8 strokesGrade 9

On

コウ

Kun

かのえ

have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac

5 strokesFrequency 492JLPT N2Grade 3

On

シン

Kun

もう.すもう.し-さる

month, moon

4 strokesFrequency 23JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ゲツガツ

Kun

つき

Nanori

おとがっずきもり

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