월

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month (counter)

🌙📅 월 = hanja 月 (moon): one moon cycle is one month

월 is the Sino-Korean reading of 月, the same character as Chinese yuè and Japanese getsu/gatsu. English month also comes from moon, so the logic matches. Attach it to Sino-Korean numbers: 일월 = January, 삼 개월 = three months.

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