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Mythic Mandarin

腊月 (Là yuè): meaning and stroke order

腊月 (Là yuè) means twelfth lunar month.

腊月

Simplified
腊月
Traditional
臘月
Pinyin
Là yuè

Stroke order of 腊月

腊

  • xī dried meat; also pr. [xi2]
  • là old variant of 臘|腊[la4]
  • là ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month; the 12th lunar month
  • 12 strokes
  • Traditional form: 臈

Stroke by stroke

月

  • yuè moon; month
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 腊月

  1. Là yuè Traditional 臘月
    • twelfth lunar month

Radicals of the characters

腊
Radical 肉 (Kangxi radical 130) · 12 strokes · 月 on the left, 昔 on the right
月
Radical 月 (Kangxi radical 74) · 4 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

腊月 in our stories

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  • 腊月二十三那天，奶奶一大早就把厨房打扫得干干净净，还在灶台前面摆了一盘糖瓜。

    làyuè èrshísān nà tiān nǎinai yí dàzǎo jiù bǎ chúfáng dǎsǎo de gāngānjìngjìng hái zài zàotái qiánmiàn bǎi le yì pán tángguā

    On the twenty-third of the twelfth month, Grandma cleaned the kitchen spotless first thing in the morning and set a plate of malt-sugar sweets in front of the stove.

    From the story Sweets for the Kitchen God HSK 5

Stories using 腊月

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).