元宵

Traditional form:

元宵

Pinyin (reading):

yuánxiāo

Definitions:

• Lantern Festival
• night of the 15th of the first lunar month
• see also 元夜 (yuányè)
• sticky rice dumplings

Characters:

• 元 - first; dollar; origin; head
• 宵 - night, evening, darkness

Traditional characters:

• 元 - first; dollar; origin; head
• 宵 - night, evening, darkness