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JLPT N5 · Months

先月

せんげつ

last month

Stroke order of 先月

2 characters, 10 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

先 · 6 strokes月 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

先 has a person with a sprouting top ahead; with 月 moon it is the month ahead of this one.

Parts: 先 previous + 月 month

The characters in 先月

  • 先 さき — ahead; earlier; tip (6 strokes)
  • 月 つき — moon; month (4 strokes)

Example sentence

先月、東京へ行きました。

せんげつ、とうきょうへいきました。

I went to Tokyo last month.

Words with 先

先生teacher先ahead; earlier; tip先週last week先輩senior (at school/work)行き先destination先日the other day先進国developed country連絡先contact info宛先address; recipient先祖ancestor

Words with 月

月moon; month月曜日Monday一月January二月February三月March四月April五月May六月June七月July八月August九月September十月October十一月November十二月December今月this month来月next month毎月every month年月years; time

More words: Months

一月January二月February三月March四月April五月May六月June七月July八月August九月September十月October十一月November十二月December今月this month来月next month

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