Zi:月

月 [yuè] moon (月​亮, 月​球); 月​光 moonlight; month (​五月 ‘May’); 月​相 lunar phase; (radical 74, 月​部); (HDZ:) … [ròu] [rù] cf. ​肉

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►¹yuè* ​月 {A} n. month ◆b.f. ①moon ►yuèliang 月亮 ②monthly ►yuèkān 月刊 ►¹yuèxīn 月薪

The Shuōwén Seal form of 月 yuè is said to depict the (crescent) moon (月​阙: 月​宫), the mythical abode of the moon goddess ​嫦​娥 Cháng'é.
    Compare: ​蟾​兔 ‘Jade Rabbit in the Moon’, ​蟾​蜍 ‘Moon Toad’ (​传​说); ​阴/​陰 yīn ‘female/dark’ (⚋), formerly also wr. ​𣍤/​𨼖/​𨻔/​𦜲/​𨽙.
    As a component, modern shapes like 月/​⺝ correspond to various Seal components (月/​肉/​舟).
    Compare: 月 yuè ‘moon’ (radical 74), ​肉(​𠕎) ròu ‘meat’ (radical 130), ​舟 zhōu ‘boat’ (radical 137).
    Compare: ​朔 shuò ‘new moon’ (月); ​肥 féi ‘fat’ (​肉), ​前(​歬) qián ‘before’ (​舟).
    Compare: ​肭/(​朒) nǜ ‘first/slender/slice of lunar crescent rising in the east after new moon’.
    月 is the 74th of the 214 radicals.
    HDZ: 月 : yuè : 月​亮, 月​球; (​单​位) (​阴​历), (​阳​历) (​一月, 月​大, 月​小, ​闰月); ​每​天; 月​光, 月​色; ​象月​亮​一​样​的 (​颜​色​或​形​状); ​妇​女​的月​经 (月​事); ​妇​女​怀​胎​的月​份 (月​份/​分: ​怀​孕​足月, ​将​要​分​娩​的​期​限); (​姓) • rù : ​肉
►references: Guǎngyùn:477.25; Wieger:44g; Henshall:16; Karlgren:GSR306a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:3.2041.1; Lindqvist:16,20; Mathews:7696; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:504.19; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:009.1.01; Wáng(1993):32; EDOC:1
►components: ​⺆​二​​冂​𠄞
►Cantonese: yuht-
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Unicode: U+6708
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