# Jingzhe

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɪŋ.d͡ʒʌ/

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/jingzhe