月 yuè moon; month
Made with 4 strokes.
A picture of the crescent moon. NOTE: In simplified chinese some characters that used the 'meat' radical have now been put under the very similar looking 'moon' radical.
Ancient small seal form 
Different tone
曰 yuē (to speak)Radical
Index 74 used in: 胆 dǎn (the gall) ; 服 fú (clothes) ; 肝 gān (liver) ; 湖 hú (lake) ; 胡 hú (beard) ; 胶 jiāo (to glue) ; 明 míng (bright) ; 能 néng (to be able to) ; 朋 péng (friend) ; 朋 péng (friend) ; 期 qī (phase) ; 前 qián (front) ; 青 qīng (green) ; 散 sàn (to scatter) ; 胜 shèng (victory) ; 隋 suí (Sui) ; 阴 yīn (yin) ; 有 yǒu (have) ; 朝 zhāo (dynasty)Pronunciation
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Proverbs
镜花水月 jìng huā shuǐ yuè Beautiful but unattainable dreams. Unrealistic ambitions月到中秋分外明, 每逢佳节倍思亲 yuè dào zhōng qiū fèn wài míng, měi féng jiā jié bèi sī qīn Longing to see family from far away
月下老人 yuè xià laǒ rén The deity of matchmakers for marriage . said of someone who is trying to get a couple together. The tradition was that husband and wife had an invisible red thread tying them together from birth.
近水楼台先得月 jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuè An allusion to the wisdom of having friends in high circles that often results in benefits.
吴牛喘月 wú niú chuǎn yuè Unnecessarily fearful of something. The story is of an ox from Wu that thought the moon was the sun and panted through the assumed heat it expected to experience.
Phrases
这 个 月 zhè gè yuè This month下 个 月 xià gè yuè Next month
上 个 月 shàng gè yuè Last month
一 个 月 yī gè yuè One month