中元
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middle; centre; within middle; centre; 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 |
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中元
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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中 | 元 |
ちゅう Grade: 1 |
げん Grade: 2 |
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中元 • (chūgen) ←ちゆうげん (tyuugen)?
- the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, a Taoist date of importance(one of the 三元 (sangen, “three Taoist festivals”)), 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