Jingzhe

Meaning

1. The “Waking of Insects”; the Chinese third solar term — a “month” lasting from the fifth to the twentieth days of March.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Mandarin 惊蛰 (Jīngzhé), from 惊 (jīng, “rouse, startle, stir”) + 蛰 (zhé, “hibernate”), literally “rouse [insects] from [their] hibernation”.

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