四月

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Chinese

four moon; month
simp. and trad.
(四月)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (31)
Final () (15) (68)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/siH/ /ŋi̯wɐt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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

Grade: 1
がつ
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
4月

Etymology

() (shi, four) + (がつ) (gatsu, month)

Pronunciation

Noun

()(がつ) (shigatsu

  1. April

Synonyms

See also

References

  1. ^ 塩田 雄大 (2001 February 1) “「2月」「4月」のアクセント”, in 最近気になる放送用語 (in Japanese), NHK Publishing, Inc., archived from the original on 2024-03-05:ところが、本来尾高型の2月と4月を、頭高型で[ニ\カ゜ツ][シ\カ゜ツ]と発音する人が増えています。間違えないように「頭高はゴー、サンキュー」と覚えておきましょう。 [ニカ゜ツ\]を[ニ\カ゜ツ]と発音したところで意味が変わるわけではない、という意見もあるかもしれません。しかしこれは「耳障りなアクセント」だから放送では[ニカ゜ツ\]と発音してほしい、という声が視聴者から数多く寄せられています。
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

四月 (sawol) (hangeul 사월)

  1. hanja form? of 사월 (April)