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What a Japanese person actually thinksQuiet and pleasant. Reads a bit like a calendar character to Japanese eyes, because that's where you see it most: 月曜日 (Monday), 三月 (March).
Meaning
- Literally
- moon
- Actually
- The moon — and, in dates, 'month'. 一月 is January, not 'one moon'.
Scores
Naturalness●●●●●
Extremely common character.
Coolness●●●●●
Elegant shape, thin meaning. Four strokes doesn't give a tattoo much to hold onto.
Watch out
- lowThe everyday reading in compounds is 'month'. Alone it's clearly the moon, but the calendar association is right there.
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On skin
月
Orientation: either
Brush. A simple character where the stroke quality is the whole tattoo.