朔

conjunction (astronomy); first day of month; north

10 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 2318.

Readings

• サク (on reading): 八朔 (はっさく) Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku); 朔日 (さくじつ) first day of the month (in the lunar calendar)
• ついたち (kun reading): 初朔日 (はつついたち) first day of the second month; 綿抜の朔日 (わたぬきのついたち) 1st day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar

Components

• 屰
• 月
• 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
• 屮 radical sprout
• 月 radical moon; flesh

Kanji containing 朔

• 塑 model
• 溯 go upstream
• 遡 go upstream
• 愬 complain of
• 槊 halberd

Words using 朔

• 八朔 (はっさく) Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku)
• 朔日 (さくじつ) first day of the month (in the lunar calendar)
• 朔望月 (さくぼうげつ) synodic month
• 朔望 (さくぼう) first and fifteenth days of the lunar month (corresponding to new moon and full moon)
• 正朔 (せいさく) beginning of the month or the year
• 初朔日 (はつついたち) first day of the second month
• 綿抜の朔日 (わたぬきのついたち) 1st day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar

12 words in all.

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