yuè moon; month

Forms

• 月 free
• 月 left — In body characters such as 肋 and 肌, this left-side 月 comes from 肉 (flesh), not from the moon.
• 月 bottom — At the bottom of body characters such as 背 and 肯, this 月 also comes from 肉 (flesh), not from the moon.
• 月 right — On the right in characters such as 朗 and 期, this 月 is the moon component.

Characters that use it as a component

明有用甩肋肌肘肖

Characters filed under it as a radical

Kangxi radical no.74 · 4strokes — The 214 Kangxi radicals

Filed under it in a dictionary. That is a lookup convention — it does not mean it is the only part the character is built from.

月有朋服朗望朝期