Japanese Word Entry
八月大名| Kana: | はちがつだいみょう |
| Romaji: | hachigatsudaimyou |
| Definition: | the 8th month (of the lunar calendar) is the quietest for farmers |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 八 | eight, eight radical (no. 12), all around, all sides |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄅㄚ (bā), ㄅㄚˊ (bá) |
| Cantonese: | baat3 |
| Japanese: | ハチ (hachi)、 ハツ (hatsu) / や (ya)、 や.つ (yatsu)、 やっ.つ (yattsu)、 よう (you)、 やたび (yatabi) |
| Korean: | 팔 (pal) |
| Vietnamese: | bát |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 捌 |
| 月 | month, moon, Kangxi radical 74 |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄩㄝˋ (yuè), ㄖㄨˋ (rù) |
| Cantonese: | jyut6 |
| Japanese: | ゲツ (getsu)、 ガツ (gatsu) / つき (tsuki) |
| Korean: | 월 (weol) |
| Vietnamese: | nguyệt |
| 大 | large, big, great, vast, high |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄉㄚˋ (dà), ㄉㄞˋ (dài), ㄊㄞˋ (tài) |
| Cantonese: | daai6 |
| Japanese: | ダイ (dai)、 タイ (tai)、 タ (ta) / おお- (oo-)、 おお.きい (ookii)、 -おお.いに (-ooini)、 はじめ (hajime)、 おおいに (ooini) |
| Korean: | 대 (dae), 다 (da), 태 (tae) |
| Vietnamese: | đại, thái |
| 名 | name, noted, distinguished, reputation, rank, title, position |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄇㄧㄥˊ (míng), ㄇㄧㄥˋ (mìng) |
| Cantonese: | ming4 |
| Japanese: | メイ (mei)、 ミョウ (myou) / な (na)、 -な (-na)、 なのる (nanoru)、 なずける (nazukeru) |
| Korean: | 명 (myeong) |
| Vietnamese: | danh |