中元
Chinese
middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) | primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty) | ||
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simp. and trad. (中元) | 中 | 元 |
Pronunciation
Noun
中元
- the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month; Ghost Day
- (~節) Ghost Festival
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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中 | 元 |
ちゅう Grade: 1 | げん Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Alternative forms
- (present):
- (honorific) お中元 (o-chūgen)
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ちゅうげん [chùúgéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːɡẽ̞ɴ]
Noun
中元 • (chūgen) ←ちゆうげん (tyūgen)?
- the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, a Taoist date of importance now conflated in Japan with the Buddhist 盂蘭盆会 (urabon'e); see Ghost Festival#Japan
- a present given around this time of the year in gratitude
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN