令月

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See also: 命月

Chinese

		make or cause to be; order; command make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable	moon; month
trad. (令月)		令	月
simp. ^#(令月)		令	月

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìngyuè

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁶ jyut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìngyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìngyuè
  - Wade–Giles: ling⁴-yüeh⁴
  - Yale: lìng-ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linqyueh
  - Palladius: линъюэ (linʺjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁶ jyut⁶
  - Yale: lihng yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁶ jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁶ yud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²² jyːt̚²/

Middle Chinese: ljengH ngjwot

Rime
Character	令	月
Reading #	4/5	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力政切	魚厥切
Baxter	ljengH	ngjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇŋ^H/	/ŋʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛŋ^H/	/ŋʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/liæŋ^H/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liajŋ^H/	/ŋuat̚/
Li Rong	/liɛŋ^H/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/lĭɛŋ^H/	/ŋĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛŋ^H/	/ŋi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lìng	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ling⁶	jyut⁶

Noun

令月

(literary) auspicious month
(literary) second month of the Chinese calendar

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (令月):

→ Japanese: 令(れい)月(げつ) (reigetsu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
令	月
れい Grade: 4	げつ Grade: 1
kan'on

Etymology

/rei ɡʷetu/ → /reːɡet͡su/

From Middle Chinese 令月 (MC ljengH ngjwot, literally “good month”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) れーげつ (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

令(れい)月(げつ) • (reigetsu)

a nice and auspicious month
the second month of the lunar calendar
Synonym: 如月 (kisaragi)

Derived terms

嘉(か)辰(しん)令(れい)月(げつ) (kashin reigetsu)

See also

令(れい)和(わ) (Reiwa)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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