RJT 9 月・夕・外・多い

Four thousand years ago, the character for moon looked like this. But then they had to square it off.

• 月

• 日

月（Moon）is pronounced　げつ、がつ、 or　つき, depending on what you are using it for

月

Groups:

(a) おんよみ-name of the month

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(b) おんよみ-one month's time

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(c) くんよみ-The Moon

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(d) The moon when you are being polite about

• がつ

• げつ

• つき

• お月さま

• おつきさま

Match the following

• さんがつ

  三月

• March

• ごがつ

  五月

• April

• にがつ

  二月

• February

• いちがつ

  一月

• May

• しがつ

  四月

• January

This is supposed to look like the moon rising behind a mountain in the evening. It means ”evening" and is pronounced ゆう or ゆうべ

Match the following

• 夕べ

• ゆうだち

  Evening rain shower

• 夕方

• ゆうべ (hiragana べ）
  Evening

• 夕立ち

• ゆうがた
  Early evening

• 昨夜

• ゆうひ
  Evening sun, setting sun

• 夕日

• ゆうべ
  ーBut with all kanji, and a different one-- means ”yesterday evening"

This is a person 人　(squishified) standing outside in the moonlight　夕. It means "outside" and is pronounced そと　or　がい

外

Groups:

(a) くんよみ

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(b) おんよみ

• がい

• ほか

• そと

• はずれる

Match the following

• 海外

• かいがい
  "ocean outside" - overseas

• 内と外

• がいじん
  "outside person" - foreigner

• 外れる

• はずれる
  to miss something that you are aiming at

• 外国人

• うちとそと
  the Japanese concept of "inner" and "outer" people. Politeness is based on this!

• 外人

• がいこくじん
  the full word for foreigner: "outside country person"

It's dark out. You can't see well. There is a moon　夕. Someone is approaching, and you call out --with your mouth 口-- "Who goes there?"
This means "to name" and is pronounced な。 You have seen it at the top of every paper I give you. It's the first kanji of one of your very first words: 名前