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月 yuè
Explanation: moon; month
月亮 the moon  月台 railway platform
    平时我们看到的月亮多数是弯月，所以“月”字最初像一轮新月（ ）高挂在天空。后来人们在这个字中间加进一笔（ ），可能这一笔就是神话中的月桂树了。
    As the moon spends more time in its waxing and waning stages than it does being full, the original pictograph月pictured a new moon hanging in the sky （  ）. Later a vertical stroke was added inside the moon （  ） which was considered to indicate the baby tree as man imagined.