moon

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph of the moon in oracle-bone and seal script. The image was gradually simplified into a rectangle with a horizontal stroke in the middle, representing the bright face of the moon.

Mnemonic: Picture a simple rectangle with a line across the middle—that is the moon glowing round and bright in the sky.

• 望wàng🔊

  full moon

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 朘zuī🔊

  (literary) young boy's penis

  11 strokes

• 朙míng🔊

  old variant of 明[ming2]

  11 strokes

• 朝cháo🔊

  imperial or royal court

  HSK 3

  12 strokes

• 期qī🔊

  variant of 期[qi1]

  HSK 3

  12 strokes

• 朠yīng🔊

  (archaic) moonlight

  12 strokes

• 朣tóng🔊

  light from the rising moon

  16 strokes

• 朦méng🔊

  used in 朦朧|朦胧[meng2 long2]

  17 strokes

• 胧lóng🔊

  used in 朦朧|朦胧[meng2 long2]

  20 strokes