Kanji #045 ／ 十二月

< TYPE >
Kanji / ka i - sho style

< READING >
○十
The japanese reading : to, to o
The sound reading : ju u, ji tsu
○二
The japanese reading : fu ta, fu ta ( tsu )
The sound reading : ni
○月
The japanese reading : tsu ki
The sound reading : ge tsu, ga tsu
○十二月
The japanese reading : -
The sound reading : ju u - ni - ga tsu

< MEANING >
○十
10, tenth, ten times, be gathered up entirely, be enough
○二
2, second, divide it into two, again, another different thing
○月
moon, one month
○十二月
December

< ORIGIN >
○十
Old people summarized all in 1 and considerd it to be one unit, and showed it in ''｜''.
Later, the center of ''｜'' bulged and became ''十''.
○二
Two parallel horizontal lines
○月
Hieroglyph
The figure of the crescent moon

< USE >
○十
十五夜（ju u - go - ya）：night with a full moon
十字架（ju u - ji - ka）：cross
十戒（ji - kka i）：Moses' Ten Commandments
○二
二階（ni - ka i）：second floor
二分（ni - bu n）：divide it into two
二重（fu ta - e）：two folds
○月
満月（ma n - ge tsu）：full moon
三日月（mi - ka - du ki）：crescent moon
今月（ko n - ge tsu）：this month

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I introduce ''十二月'' on this time.

12 months constitute one year.
We express them with numbers from 1 to 12.
It is very easy.

十二月 ( December ).
It is last month in one year.

On the end of the month, we clean our home and the workplace which we spent for one year more carefully.
We cleanse a place of the life with all thanks of one year and cleanse a heart.
It is preparations to greet the New Year for a clean heart.

I think that it is the one of the very good Japanese customs.


I introduce ''The name of the color'' from the next time.


Thank you.
See you next time.

All of us are piece of peace.