臘月

See also: 腊月

Chinese

winter solstice sacrifice
dried meat
month
trad. (臘月)
simp. (腊月)

Etymology

Refers to the ancient sacrificial ritual that occurred after the winter solstice called 臘祭腊祭.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

臘月

  1. twelfth month of the Chinese lunar calendar

Synonyms

  • (modern) 十二月 (shí'èryuè)
  • (archaic) 冰月 (Bīngyuè), 嚴月严月, 除月, 殘霜天残霜天, 星回, 嘉平, 季冬 (Jìdōng), 嘉平, 窮節穷节
  • (Min Nan) 十二月冬

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ろう
Hyōgaiji
げつ
Grade: 1
kan’on

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーげつ [róꜜògètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞ːɡe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

(ろう)(げつ) • (rōgetsu) 

  1. (archaic) the twelfth month of the lunar calendar
    Synonym: 師走 (shiwasu)

References

  1. 臘月” in Weblio Dictionary.
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