睦月

Japanese

Kanji in this term
睦	月
むつ > む Grade: S	つき Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

⟨mutu tuki₂⟩ → */mut̚tuki/ → ⟨mutuki₂⟩ → /mutukʷɨ/ → /mut͡suki/

From Old Japanese.

Appears to be derived from root 睦 (mutsu-, “affectionate, harmonious”) +‎ 月 (tsuki, “month”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) むつき [múꜜtsùkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟t͡sɨ̥kʲi]

Noun

睦(む)月(つき) • (mutsuki) 

1. (archaic) the first month of the lunar calendar
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 815:
     , text here

     武都紀(むつき)多知(たち)波流能吉多良婆(はるのきたらば)可久斯許曽(かくしこそ)烏梅乎乎岐都々(うめををきつつ)多努之岐乎倍米(たのしきをへめ)　[大(だい)貳(にの)紀(き)卿(きやう)] [Man'yōgana]

     むつき立(た)ち春(はる)の来(きた)らばかくしこそ梅(うめ)を招(を)きつつ楽(たの)しき終(を)へめ　[大(だい)弐(にの)紀(き)卿(きやう)] [Modern spelling]

     mutsuki tachi haru no kitaraba kakushi koso ume o okitsutsu tanoshiki oeme (Daini no Ki-kyō)

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2. (poetic) the month of harmony; January

Synonyms

• 睦び月 (mutsubizuki), 睦びの月 (mutsubinotsuki)

Coordinate terms

• 睦月, 如月, 弥生, 卯月, 皐月, 水無月, 文月, 葉月, 長月, 神無月, 霜月, 師走

See also

See also

• 霞(かすみ)初(そめ)月(づき) (kasumisome-zuki), 霞(かすみ)初(そ)め月(づき) (kasumisome-zuki)
• 暮(くれ)新(し)月(づき), 暮(く)れ新(し)月(づき) (kureshizuki)
• 早(さ)緑(みどり)月(づき) (samidori-zuki)
• 年(とし)端(は)月(づき) (toshihazuki)
• 子(ね)の日(ひ)月(づき) (Nenohi-zuki)
• 初(はつ)月(づき) (hatsuzuki), 初(はつ)月(つき) (hatsutsuki)
• 初(はつ)空(そら)月(づき) (hatsusora-zuki)
• 初春(はつはる)月(づき) (hatsuharu-zuki)
• 初(はつ)見(み)月(づき) (hatsumizuki)
• 正(しょう)月(がつ) (shōgatsu)
• 解(かい)凍(とう) (kaitō)
• 寅(いん)月(げつ) (ingetsu)
• 初(しょ)春(しゅん) (shoshun)
• 端(たん)月(げつ) (tangetsu)
• 孟(もう)春(しゅん) (mōshun)
• 孟(もう)陬(すう) (mōsū)
• 陽(よう)春(しゅん) (yōshun)