八月

Chinese

		eight	moon; month
trad. (八月)		八	月
simp. #(八月)		八	月

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 八月

1. August
2. eighth month of the Chinese calendar

Synonyms

• (Xiang) 八月子, 八月間子／八月间子
• (lunar month): 桂月 (Guìyuè), 瑩月／莹月, 虹月, 吟秋, 鴉月／鸦月, 壯月／壮月, 仲秋, 中秋 (zhōngqiū)

Derived terms

• 八月中秋 (bāyuè zhōngqiū)
• 八月十五 (bāyuè shíwǔ)
• 八月半
• 八月春
• 八月札
• 八月桂
• 八月白仔
• 八月節／八月节 (bāyuèjié)
• 八月花神
• 八月菊
• 四月寒，八月旱

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	月
はち Grade: 1	がつ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
8月

Etymology

八(はち) (hachi, “eight”) + 月(がつ) (gatsu, “month”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はちがつ [hàchígátsúꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) はちがつ [hàchígátsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠t͡ɕiɡa̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

八(はち)月(がつ) • (hachigatsu) 

1. August

Synonyms

• 葉月(はづき) (hazuki)

See also

• 八(はっ)ヶ月(げつ) (haggagetsu)
• (Gregorian calendar months) 一(いち)月(がつ) (ichigatsu), 二(に)月(がつ) (nigatsu), 三(さん)月(がつ) (sangatsu), 四(し)月(がつ) (shigatsu), 五(ご)月(がつ) (gogatsu), 六(ろく)月(がつ) (rokugatsu), 七(しち)月(がつ) (shichigatsu), 八(はち)月(がつ) (hachigatsu), 九(く)月(がつ) (kugatsu), 十(じゅう)月(がつ) (jūgatsu), 十(じゅう)一(いち)月(がつ) (jūichigatsu), 十(じゅう)二(に)月(がつ) (jūnigatsu) ^{(Category: ja:Gregorian calendar months)}

Korean

Hanja in this term
八	月

Noun

八月 • (parwol) (hangeul 팔월)

1. hanja form^? of 팔월 (“August”)

Okinawan

Etymology

Kanji in this term
八	月
はち Grade: 1	ぐゎち Grade: 1
on'yomi

From 八 (hachi, “eight”) +‎ 月 (gwachi, “month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hat͡ɕiɡʷat͡ɕi/

Noun

八(はち)月(ぐゎち) (hachigwachi) 

1. the month of August

References

• “はちぐぁち・はちぐゎち【八月・８月】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “ハチグヮチ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).