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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.
日月星辰 is a title that encompasses all of the heavenly bodies or celestial bodies.
Namely, this includes the Sun, Moon, and Stars of our universe.
This is how to write “day” in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Hanja.
This can also mean “Sun,” the star in the middle of the Solar system in which we live. In Japanese, it can also mean “sunshine” or even “Sunday.”
When writing the date in modern Chinese and Japanese, putting a number in front of this character indicates the day of the month. Of course, you need to indicate the month too... The month is expressed with a number followed by the character for the moon. So “three moons ten suns” would be “March 10th” or “3/10.”
Note: This is also the first character for the proper name of Japan. Remember that Japan is “The land of the rising sun”? Well, the first character for Japan means “sun” and the second means “origin” so you get the real meaning now. Sometimes, in China, this sun character can be a short name for Japan or a suffix for something of or from Japan.
陰陽 literally means yin and yang in written form (versus the common yin-yang symbol). The first character has the element of the moon, while the second character has the element of the sun so that you can see, even in written form, they suggest the balance of opposites (of night and day). You could also translate this title as “sun and moon.”
Note: This title is often misspelled as Ying Yang instead of Yin Yang.
See Also: Taoism
This is a Japanese personal name, Rago.
The meaning can be the intersection of the Moon's orbit with the ecliptic in Vedic astronomy (from Sanskrit Rāhu).
In Buddhist context, this can be, “the demon who is supposed to seize the sun and moon and thus cause eclipses.”
This is a variant of the Chinese 羅睺. It can also be written 羅護 or 羅虎. If you need the more ancient Chinese version, just let me know.
太陽神 means “Sun God” in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
It's used in Chinese to mean the Greek God Apollo. This can also be used in Chinese to refer to Nasa's Apollo missions to the moon.
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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 | |
Moon | 月 | tsuki | yuè / yue4 / yue | yüeh |
Sun Moon Stars | 日月星 | nichigetsusei | rì yuè xīng ri4 yue4 xing1 ri yue xing riyuexing | jih yüeh hsing jihyüehhsing |
The Sun, Moon, and Stars | 日月星辰 | nichigetsuseishin | rì yuè xīng chén ri4 yue4 xing1 chen2 ri yue xing chen riyuexingchen | jih yüeh hsing ch`en jihyüehhsingchen jih yüeh hsing chen |
Day | 日 | hi / nichi | rì / ri4 / ri | jih |
Yin Yang | 陰陽 阴阳 | in you / inyou / in yo | yīn yáng / yin1 yang2 / yin yang / yinyang | |
Rago | 羅喉 | ragou / rago | luó hóu / luo2 hou2 / luo hou / luohou | lo hou / lohou |
Apollo | 太陽神 太阳神 | taiyoushin / taiyoshin | tài yáng shén tai4 yang2 shen2 tai yang shen taiyangshen | t`ai yang shen taiyangshen tai yang shen |
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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