Word Meaning 庚申月

こうしんづき koushinzuki

庚申月 is read as こうしんづき (koushinzuki) and means Metal Monkey month.

Meaning

English

  1. Metal Monkey month
  2. lunar month that contains a day of the Metal Monkey (essentially every other month) during which it was believed colds were more frequent

Reading

Kana

こうしんづき

Romaji

koushinzuki

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

庚申待

こうしんまち

kōshin-machi

庚申

かんし

Metal Monkey (57th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040)

庚申講

こうしんこう

kōshin-machi association

庚申塚

こうしんづか

roadside standing stone dedicated to the Buddhist deity Shōmen Kongō (usu. also engraved with the three wise monkeys)

庚申薔薇

こうしんばら

China rose (Rosa chinensis)

こう

7th in rank

毎月

まいげつ

every month

年月

としつき

months and years

半月

はんげつ

half a month

三日月

みかずき

new moon

七月

しちがつ

July

名月

めいげつ

harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month)