月 month

Also: moon

On'yomi: ゲツ、ガツ
Kun'yomi: つき
Strokes: 4
JLPT: N5
Taught in: Primary school, year 1

Stroke order

1
2
3
4

月 is written in 4 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A tall narrow window with two bars across it — look through and you see the crescent moon, which is how people counted off each month.

A common word

月曜日げつようび Monday

Example sentences

来月、友だちが来ます。
らいげつ、ともだちがきます。
A friend is coming next month.
今夜の月はきれいですね。
こんやのつきはきれいですね。
Tonight's moon is beautiful, isn't it?

Don't confuse it with

且 moreover N1