Taxonomy of meanings for 朔:　　

  • 朔 shuò (OC: sqrooɡ MC: ʃɯɔk) 所角切 入 廣韻：【月一日又幽朔也命和叔宅朔方北方也又姓何氏姓苑云南陽人俗作？所角切十二 】

    Additional information about 朔

    說文解字: 【朔】，月一日始蘇也。从月、屰聲。 【所角切】

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    • MONTH

      1. The general term for a month is yuè 月, and this word is current already in OBI where it is translatable as "moon" referring literally to a lunar period.

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      2. Huì 晦 refers to the last day of a month.

      3. Shuò 朔 refers to the first day of every month.

      4. Wàng 望 refers to the full moon, the sixteenth or seventeenth day of a lunar month.

      5. Xián 弦 refers to the half full moon, period around 7th/8th and 22nd/23rd day of a lunar month.