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month, moon - 달-월

A pictogram of a crescent moon with two clouds traversing the center. As a pictogram it probably would have been slightly rotated.

Sometimes a little leap of the imagination is required for the pictogram's meaning to materialise

This series of posts is not aimed to teach hanja, I am not in the least qualified for such a  task, but to simply highlight some of the important and simpler characters. For information on stroke order, radicals and the two elements of a character (spoken – meaning). I suggest you buy a dictionary such as; A Guide to Korean Characters.

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