二月

Chinese

two moon; month
simp. and trad.
(二月)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (38) (31)
Final () (15) (68)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
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/
Bernhard
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

Grade: 1
がつ
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
2月

(ni, two) +‎ (-gatsu, month)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) がつ [nìgátsúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[2][3] noun
  • (Tokyo) がつ [nìgátsú] (Heiban – [0])[2][3] adverb
  • (Tokyo) がつ [níꜜgàtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1] newly emerging accent, increasing number of users, sometimes deemed as cacophonous or grating on the ears
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟iɡa̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

()(がつ) • (nigatsu

  1. February

See also

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
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. ^ 塩田 雄大 (1 February 2001) “「2月」「4月」のアクセント”, in 最近気になる放送用語[1] (in Japanese), NHK Publishing, Inc., archived from the original on 5 March 2024: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 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

二月 • (iwol) (hangeul 이월)

  1. hanja form? of 이월 (February)