二月

Chinese
two moon; month
simp. and trad.
(二月)		 二 月

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 二 月
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 脂 (15) 月 (68)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 而至切 魚厥切
Baxter nyijH ngjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ȵiɪH/ /ŋʉɐt̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ȵiH/ /ŋʷiɐt̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȵʑjɪH/ /ŋiuɐt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ȵiH/ /ŋuat̚/
Li
Rong		 /ȵiH/ /ŋiuɐt̚/
Wang
Li		 /ȵʑiH/ /ŋĭwɐt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȵʑiH/ /ŋi̯wɐt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 èr yuè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 ji6 jyut6

Noun

二月

  1. February
  2. The modern name for the second month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
二 月
に
Grade: 1		 がつ
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
2月

二 (ni, “two”) +‎ 月 (-gatsu, “month”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) にがつ​ [nìgátsúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
  • (Tokyo) にがつ [nìgátsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟iɡa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

二(に)月(がつ) • (nigatsu) 

  1. February

See also

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
二 月
きさらぎ
Grade: 1 Grade: 1
irregular
For pronunciation and definitions of 二月 – see the following entry.
【如月きさらぎ】
[noun] (archaic) the second month of the lunar calendar
[noun] (poetic) February
Alternative spellings
衣更着, 更衣
(This term, 二月, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References
  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
二月

Noun

二月 • (iwol) (hangeul 이월)

  1. Hanja form? of 이월 (“February”).
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