also: タンユエン · タンユェン
tangyuan; glutinous rice dumpling
A Chinese sweet dumpling made from glutinous rice flour, often filled with sweet paste and served in soup. Eaten especially during the Lantern Festival.
from Chinese tuányuán
There is a custom of eating tangyuan during the Lantern Festival.
The tangyuan at this shop have black sesame paste inside and are delicious.
Standard kanji spelling for this Chinese loanword.
Contains outdated kanji 圓; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Alternate katakana spelling closer to the Mandarin pronunciation.
Less common katakana variant; may be encountered in some contexts.
Borrowed from Chinese 湯圓/汤圆 (tāngyuán), literally 'soup round', referring to the round dumplings served in soup.