盆提灯

Japanese

Kanji in this term
盆	提	灯
ぼん Grade: S	ちょう > ぢょう Grade: 5	ちん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
盆提燈 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

盆(ぼん) (bon, “Bon Festival”) + 提灯(ちょうちん) (chōchin, “a type of collapsible cylindrical paper lantern”). The chō changes to jō as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ːt͡ɕĩɴ]

Noun

盆(ぼん)提(ぢょう)灯(ちん) • (bonjōchin) 

1. memorial lantern, Obon lantern, a paper lantern used for memorials during Bon Festival

References

• Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN