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the right strokes for 月(yue)

dROOze is correct but I want to add a cautionary remark. The modern form of the characters originated from a simplification and modification of 隸書, which is why to this day we speak about character ...
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the right strokes for 月(yue)

The right side of 「明」 is 「月」 (moon). The right side of 「胡」 is not 「月」 - it is 「肉」 (flesh, meat). 「湖」 (lake) is comprised of semantic 「水・氵」 (water) and phonetic 「胡」, so in 「湖」, the right side is ...
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