| 12 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 14 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 16 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 26 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2169 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 13 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 59 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 80 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
| 17 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 17 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 17 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1002 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3674 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1876 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2556 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 13 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14330 | Morohashi |
| 2956 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2530 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 13 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 13 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 66 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 28 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
月
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
23 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 月 【ゲツ】 Monday
- 月額 【ゲツガク】 monthly amount (sum)
- 隔月 【カクゲツ】 every second month, every other month
- 望月 【モチヅキ】 full moon, moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar), full moon of the eighth lunar month
- 月輪 【ゲツリン】 (full) moon, moon when it's round
- 旧正月 【キュウショウガツ】 lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)
- お正月 【オショウガツ】 New Year (esp. first three days), first month of the year, January
Kun reading compounds
- 月 【つき】 Moon, month, moonlight, (a) moon, natural satellite
- 月末 【げつまつ】 end of the month
- 卯月 【うづき】 fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 祥月 【しょうつき】 month of a person's death
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おと、 がっ、 す、 ずき、 もり
- Korean:
- weol
Spanish
- mes
- luna
Portuguese
- mês
- lua
French
- lune
- mois
| 3946 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4b0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-4-1 | SKIP code |
| 7722.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6708 | Unicode hex code |
center, middle
- On:
- オウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
582 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 央 【オウ】 middle, centre, center
- 道央 【ドウオウ】 central Hokkaido
- 月央 【ゲツオウ】 middle of the month
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あきら、 え、 お、 さと、 ちか、 てる、 なか、 ひさ、 ひろ、 や
- Korean:
- ang
Spanish
- centro
- en medio
Portuguese
- centro
- médio
French
- centre
- milieu
| 554 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 254 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 429 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 468 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 86 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 881 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 446 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 182 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 351 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 352 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 706 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 412 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4322 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2187 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2944 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1756 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5840 | Morohashi |
| 3509 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1140 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1740 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1877 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 246 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1663 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.33 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 5003.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-91 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 592e | Unicode hex code |