中元 (ちゅうげん) — 15th day of the 7th lunar month, (last day of) Bon lantern festival, mid-year gift | MojiMori

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中ちゅう元げん 15th day of the 7th lunar month

Grade 2 2 characters 漢語 kango 漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings. noun

chuugen

ちゅうげん

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Meanings

15th day of the 7th lunar month
(last day of) Bon lantern festival
mid-year gift
summer gift
Bon Festival gifts

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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中(なか) naka inside 中(ちゅう)国(ごく) chuugoku China 中(ちゅう)心(しん) chuushin center 途(と)中(ちゅう) tochuu on the way 中(ちゅう)央(おう) chuuou center 集(しゅう)中(ちゅう) shuuchuu concentration 世(よ)の中(なか) yononaka the world 中(ちゅう)学(がく) chuugaku middle school

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Words with 元 (24)

元(もと) moto origin 地(じ)元(もと) jimoto local 元(げん)気(き) genki healthy 次(じ)元(げん) jigen dimension 手(て)元(もと) temoto at hand 元々(もと) motomoto originally 還(かん)元(げん) kangen reduction 足(あし)元(もと) ashimoto at one's feet

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