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Chinese symbol for “december”

十二月份
shí èr yuè fèn
December

The closest CC-CEDICT match for december is 十二月份 (shí èr yuè fèn), defined as: December.

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Characters and stroke order

十 shí
ten, tenth; complete; perfect
radical 24 ⼗ · 2 strokes
二 èr
two; twice
radical 7 ⼆ · 2 strokes
月 yuè
moon; month
radical 74 ⽉ · 4 strokes
份 fèn
job, part, role; duty
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 十二月份.

WordPinyinMeaning
十分shí fēnvery; completely
十五shí wǔfifteen; 15
十八shí bāeighteen; 18
十九shí jiǔnineteen; 19
十二shí èrtwelve; 12
二十èr shítwenty; 20
第二dì èrsecond; number two
第二次dì èr cìthe second time; the second occurrence
月份yuè fènmonth
身份shēn fènidentity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以 (yǐ) + ... + 的

See also: Japanese symbol for “december”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.