adverb, noun

  1. sixth month of the lunar calendar (approx. July). Obsolete term.
  2. June, sixth month of Gregorian calendar.

noun

Food term.
  1. triangles of sweet rice jelly topped with adzuki beans (eaten in the sixth month).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
水無月 みなづき
つき
水無月 みなつき

Contained Kanji Breakdown

water
みず スイ み (1st, N5)
nothingness, none, ain't
ム ブ な.い (4th)
person(人) variant
40, forty
シュウ よんじゅう しじゅう
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)