今月
こんげつ · kongetsu · JLPT N5 · noun
calendar month
📅 今月 = now (今) + month (月): the now-month, this month
今 means now and reads kon here, as in 今週 (konshuu, this week) and 今晩 (konban, tonight). 月 means moon or month and reads getsu, as in 月曜日 (getsuyoubi, Monday). Now + month = this month.
月 — pictograph of crescent moon
月 is a pictograph of a crescent moon, chosen over a full circle to distinguish it from 日 (sun). The inner strokes originally depicted the moon's shadow or markings. As a radical it often relates to the moon, time, or (via a lookalike form of 肉 'flesh') body parts.