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月 — stroke order
Watch how to write 月 (yuè) stroke by stroke. 月 has 4 strokes and means “moon”. It appears in common words such as 歲月 (years) and 正月 (first month of the lunar year). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.
Common words with 月
The most common words that use 月 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.
歲月suìyuèyears正月zhēngyuèfirst month of the lunar year月亮yuèliangmoon元月yuányuèfirst month of the Lunar calendar月份yuèfènmonth一月yīyuèJanuary
How 月 is written
- Radical
- 月
- Components
- 冂 ＋ 二
- Formation
- Pictographic — A crescent moon.