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ヶ月 (かげつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N3 Freq. Frequency Top 1,000 Meanings 1
counter
counter for months
Attaches to a number to express a duration or a point in time measured in months. The reading かげつ is used for numbers 1–10; for 11 and above, かげつ is still used, but ヶ月 may be read as かげつ or sometimes こげつ in certain contexts (though かげつ is standard).
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Written forms ヶか 月げつ Usage 37%
Most common spelling in modern Japanese. The small ヶ is a counter abbreviation, not the katakana ケ.
カか 月げつ Usage 29%
Full-size katakana カ variant, seen in some documents.
か 月げつ Usage 20%
Kana か plus 月; unambiguous and easy to read.
ヵ月かげつ Usage 13%
Small katakana ヵ variant, also common.
箇か 月げつ Usage 1%
Formal kanji spelling using 箇, mainly in official or legal documents.
ケか 月げつ Usage <1%
Full-size katakana ケ variant; less common and may be confused with ケ as a different reading.
個か 月げつ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 個 is not standard for this counter.
Kanji 個 individual, counter for articles Similar words 月つき 月 (つき) is the noun 'month' or 'moon', while ヶ月 (かげつ) is the counter used with numbers to count months.
か 月げつ か月 is a kana spelling variant of ヶ月; same meaning and usage.
Etymology The ヶ is a simplified form of the kanji 箇 (ka), a counter for items, combined with 月 (getsu, 'month'). The reading かげつ is a contraction of か (from 箇) and げつ (from 月).
