This is the 1194th most frequent Korean word.

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"Month" or "Moon."


Here, '월' is used to mean 'month' as part of the term '매월', which translates to 'every month'.

나는 매월 책을 한 권 읽어요.

I read a book every month.


In this sentence, '월' is used as a suffix to represent a calendar month, specifically October ('10월').

지금은 10월이에요.

It is October now.


The word '월' here is part of the date '1월', denoting the month January in a date context.

설날은 음력으로 1월 1일이에요.

The Lunar New Year falls on January 1st in the lunar calendar.