朔
サク, ついたち, たち

conjunction (astronomy), first day of month, north

JLPT1 G13 S0 F2318

屰# reverse + 月 moon → moon reversing its course in completing its cycle → (astronomical) *conjunction* (← return, creating a conjunction of beginning and end points). Also, *first day of the (lunar) month*.

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