四月

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Chinese

four moon; month
simp. and trad.
(四月) 		四 月

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 四 月
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 脂 (15) 月 (68)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 息利切 魚厥切
Baxter sijH ngjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/siɪH/ /ŋʉɐt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/siH/ /ŋʷiɐt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sjɪH/ /ŋiuɐt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/siH/ /ŋuat̚/
Li
Rong 		/siH/ /ŋiuɐt̚/
Wang
Li 		/siH/ /ŋĭwɐt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/siH/ /ŋi̯wɐt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		sì yuè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		si3 jyut6

Noun

四月

  1. April
  2. The modern name for the fourth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
四 月
し
Grade: 1 		がつ
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
4月

Etymology

四(し) (shi, “four”) + 月(がつ) (gatsu, “month”)

Pronunciation

Noun

四(し)月(がつ) • (shigatsu) 

  1. April

Synonyms

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
四月

Noun

四月 • (sawol) (hangeul 사월)

  1. hanja form? of 사월 (“April”)
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