Below is a link to my new article on kanji etymology subject. This time I discuss the origins of the character 月 (moon). The article is linked not only to the information on the main page (Beyond Calligraphy, Traditional and modern Japanese and Chinese art) as it was done before in all my previous articles, but also to our new project - a calligraphy terms online encyclopedia: Shodopedia - The Calligraphy Wiki Main/Home Page

So far I have written about 300 short articles on various terms related to Chinese and Japanese calligraphy, its history and traditions. The dictionary has no pictures as of yet (work in progress), and only 50% of the terms have been uploaded so far. Currently we are working on getting the rest of the text up. It is of a size of a small novel (35,000 words), so it may take few more days. We plan to link all the information together (we estimate approximately 1000 links to be created) which should assist with better understanding of calligraphic terms.


Kanji: 月 | Beyond Calligraphy