臘 — 19 strokes ／ Radical「月」
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- On
- ロウ
- Kun
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- Meaning
- the twelfth lunar month
Origin
Flesh 月 with 巤 as phonetic: the year-end rite of offering to the gods; by extension, the twelfth month.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 臘月ろうげつ
the twelfth month
- 臘八ろうはち
the eighth of the twelfth month
Example
臘月に入って寒さが増す。
The twelfth month comes in and the cold deepens.
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