中元

Chinese

 
middle; centre; within
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primary; first; fundamental
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simp. and trad.
(中元)

Pronunciation


Noun

中元

  1. the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month; Ghost Day, one of the 三元 (sānyuán, “three Taoist festivals”)
  2. (~節) Ghost Festival

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちゅう
Grade: 1
げん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative forms

  • (present):
    • (honorific) 中元(ちゅうげん) (o-chūgen)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちゅうげん [chùúgéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

(ちゅう)(げん) • (chūgen) ちゆうげん (tyuugen)?

  1. the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, a Taoist date of importance(one of the 三元(さんげん) (sangen, three Taoist festivals)), now conflated in Japan with the Buddhist 盂蘭(うら)(ぼん)() (urabon'e); see Ghost Festival#Japan
  2. a present given around this time of the year in gratitude

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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