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From a pictograph of a crecent moon with a pitted surface, stylized into its presnt form.
Popularly interpreted as a crecent moon behind wisply clouds, but this is incorrect.
A Listing of All On-Yomi and Kun-Yomi Readings:
on-yomi: GETSU GATSU
kun-yomi: tsuki
Nanori: oto ga su zuki mori
- GETSU: moon; month; Monday.
- GATSU: month (of the year).
- tsuki: moon, month.
Unicode Encoded Version:
月
今月 (kongetsu): this month.
月曜日 (getsuyoobi): Monday.
月見 (tsukimi): moon viewing; moonlight party.
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