August / Hachigatsu, Hadzuki

kanji meanings :

• Hachi = eight, the eighth.
  


• Gatsu = a month, the moon (= Tsuki).

Another name from old times in August.
There are various opinions in the origin of this word.
The most famous theory is "month in colored leaves and fallen leaves".
(August of the old calendar is autumn.)

• Ha = a leaf, foliage.
  (a needle, a blade, a frond.)
  


• Dzuki = a month, the moon (= Tsuki).