阴历 (yīn lì)

Character breakdown

• 阴 (Yīn) · 6 strokes

  The traditional characters 陰 (Yin) and 陽 (Yang) were simplified to 阴 and 阳. In Chinese philosophy, the moon (月) corresponds to Yin (阴) and the sun (日) corresponds to Yang (阳).

• 历 (lì) · 4 strokes

  Simplified form of 歷. Phonosemantic compound. 厤 represents the meaning and 力 represents the sound.