Example sentences
xiàn现zài在shì是jǐ几yuè月？
What month is it?
yī一yuè月hěn很lěng冷。
January is cold.
The story behind the character
月
The moon is only sometimes round, so the ancients drew it as a crescent. Xu Shen wrote 月, 阙也. 阙 means "to be missing," and the moon is missing a piece most nights.