| Uni: | 6708 |
| Meaning: | moon, month |
| Pny: | yuè |
| Bopo: | ㄩㄝˋ |
| Gr: | yueh |
| Wade: | yüeh4 |
| Jyutping: | jyut6 |
| Yale: | yuht |
| Poj: | goa̍t |
| Cn: | (Left/right) 月字旁 yuèzìpáng (Bottom) 月字底 yuèzìdǐ |
| Onyomi: | ゲツ getsu / ガツ gatsu |
| Kunyomi: | つき tsuki |
| Jp: | 月/つき tsuki 月偏/つきへん tsukihen |
| Hang: | 달 dal |
| Hanja: | 월 wol |
Radical 74 or radical moon meaning "moon" or "month" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary. there are 69 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
is also the 88th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. Character with the alternative form of Kangxi Radical 130 ("meat") is merged to this radical in Simplified Chinese, and no associated indexing component is left after the merger.
| Strokes | Characters | |
|---|---|---|
| +0 | ||
| +2 | ||
| +4 | ||
| +5 | ||
| +6 | ||
| +7 | (= -> 日) | |
| +8 | (=期) SC/JP variant | |
| +9 | TC variant | |
| +10 | (=望) | |
| +11 | ||
| +12 | ||
| +13 | SC/JP variant | |
| +14 | TC variant | |
| +16 |
The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a first grade kanji