月
yuè moon, month
4 strokes
Where the shape comes from
A crescent moon with two lines inside. It also means month, because months were counted by the moon.
Write it
Watch the order first, then trace it with the guide, then write it from memory. The model comes back over your strokes so you can see where the shape drifted.
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Stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi via Hanzi Writer, Arphic Public License.
Three words that use it
一月yīyuèJanuary
月亮yuèliangthe moon
这个月zhège yuèthis month
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The mistake people make
On the left of a character, 月 often means flesh or body rather than moon, as in 脸, liǎn, face. The two shapes merged long ago.