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半夏生

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 半夏生.

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Entry

半夏生んげしょうハンゲショウNounFreq #146368
1

Chinese lizard's tail (Saururus chinensis)

2

11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-

5 strokesFrequency 224JLPT N4Grade 2

On

ハン

Kun

なか.ば

Nanori

summer

10 strokesFrequency 659JLPT N3Grade 2

On

Kun

なつ

life, genuine, birth

5 strokesFrequency 29JLPT N4Grade 1

On

セイショウ

Kun

い.きるい.かすい.けるう.まれるうま.れるう.まれうまれう.むお.うは.えるは.やすなまなま-な.るな.すむ.す-う

Nanori

あさいきいくいけうぶうまいおいぎゅうくるみごせじょうすぎそうちるなばにうにゅうもうよいりゅう

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