Chinese

Proper noun

如月

1. (archaic) The second month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

Synonyms

• 杏月 (Xìngyuè), 麗月／丽月, 花月, 柳月, 仲春, 酣春, 艷春／艳春, 芳春, 早春

See also

• Month of the Year: 如月
  • Previous: 正月
  • Next: 桃月

Note: Any month in the Chinese calendar may be preceded or followed by an intercalary month, an irregular month inserted into the calendar to bring the lunar year in line with the solar year.

Japanese

Etymology

Either from 生更ぎ ‎(kisaragi, “rebirth of plants”) or from 衣更着 ‎(kinusaragi, “wearing more clothes”)(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Alternative forms

• 二月, 衣更着, 更衣

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) きさらぎ [kìsárágí] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kʲi̥sa̠ɾ̠a̠ɡ̃i]

Noun

如月 ‎(hiragana きさらぎ, romaji kisaragi)

1. (archaic) the second month of the lunar calendar
2. (poetic) February

See also

• (Japanese calendar months) 睦月 (むつき) ‎(mutsuki), 如月 (きさらぎ) ‎(kisaragi), 弥 (や)生 (よい) ‎(yayoi), 卯 (う)月 (づき) ‎(uzuki), 皐 (さ)月 (つき) ‎(satsuki), 水 (み)無 (な)月 (づき) ‎(minazuki), 文 (ふみ)月 (づき) ‎(fumizuki), 葉 (は)月 (づき) ‎(hazuki), 長 (なが)月 (つき) ‎(nagatsuki), 神 (かん)無 (な)月 (づき) ‎(kannazuki), 霜 (しも)月 (つき) ‎(shimotsuki), 師 (し)走 (わす) ‎(shiwasu) ^{(Category: ja:Japanese months)}

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3