full year

Original meaning: 

Variant of 期. Phonosemantic compound. 月 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound.

Components
其 sound component

  Sound component

  

its, his, (3p possessive)

月 meaning component

  Meaning component

yuè

  

moon

Evolution

朞 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
朞 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
朞 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
朞 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

full year, anniversary

() 

variant of [qī]; period; cycle

Most common words with 朞
Freq.
Word
Meaning

星期

week

期待

to await

phase

期间

time

时期

period