Character library › Mid-Autumn characters
Mid-Autumn characters — free printable worksheets
One full moon, one round cake, and a word for reunion that carries the shape of both.
15 characters · 2 sheets · A4 and US Letter
Why these 15
Mid-Autumn falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, when the moon is at its roundest. Families eat together, the cakes are round, the table is round, and the word for the whole occasion is 团圆 — round and whole. Roundness is not decoration here; it is the argument the festival is making. The rabbit children are told to look for in the moon has been in Chinese stories for two thousand years, pounding medicine with a pestle.
All 15 characters
| 中 | zhōng | middle; China | 4 strokes |
| 秋 | qiū | autumn | 9 strokes |
| 月 | yuè | moon; month | 4 strokes |
| 圆 | yuán | round | 10 strokes |
| 团 | tuán | round; to reunite | 6 strokes |
| 饼 | bǐng | cake; biscuit | 9 strokes |
| 家 | jiā | home; family | 10 strokes |
| 兔 | tù | rabbit | 8 strokes |
| 香 | xiāng | fragrant | 9 strokes |
| 花 | huā | flower | 7 strokes |
| 茶 | chá | tea | 9 strokes |
| 天 | tiān | sky; day | 4 strokes |
| 明 | míng | bright; next | 8 strokes |
| 夜 | yè | night | 8 strokes |
| 乐 | lè | happy | 5 strokes |
Questions people ask
团圆 tuányuán means round and whole, and it is the word for a family reunion. The full moon, the table and the cakes all repeat the shape the festival is about.