正朔

Traditional form:

正朔

Pinyin (reading):

zhēngshuò

Definitions:

• first day of the first lunar month
• (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a dynasty

Characters:

• 正 - straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
• 朔 - beginning; the first day of the lunar month

Traditional characters:

• 正 - straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
• 朔 - beginning; the first day of the lunar month