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Kanji Detail for 朔 - "first-day, new-moon, beginning"
朔
- Meaning
朔 means "first-day, new-moon, beginning."
First day - The first day of the lunar month; new moon.
Calendar - The calendar given by the emperor to lords.
North - The northern direction.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
conjunction (astronomy); first day of month; north
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
first day of lunar month; the north
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
beginning; first day of lunar month; north
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
beginning; the first day of the lunar month
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Beginning. | When the sun and moon meet, it is called 朔. This occurs around the first day of each lunar month. Hence the first day is called 朔日. | North is called 朔. 朔風 is the north wind.
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