春

See also: 萅 and 舂

春 U+6625, 春 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6625 ← 昤 [U+6624] CJK Unified Ideographs 昦 → [U+6626]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Alternative forms

There are minor differences in where the last stroke of the top component (top-left to bottom-right diagonal) starts – on the second horizontal stroke or on the third.

Han character

春 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手大日 (QKA), four-corner 5060₃, composition ⿱𡗗日)

Usage notes

• This character is not to be confused with 舂 (U+8202) which is visually similar but unrelated.

Derived characters

• 偆, 㖺, 堾, 媋, 𢝣, 湷, 𬌸, 𬯌, 暙, 䐏, 椿, 瑃, 𨕌, 㿤, 睶, 𬓉, 𮄵, 蝽, 賰(䞐), 踳, 𨩃, 䮞(𩨁), 鰆(䲠), 𪂹, 𠝩, 萶, 箺, 䦮, 𩄄, 鬊, 惷, 𣕮, 𭾇, 𪃣, 蠢, 𩯥

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 493, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13844
• Dae Jaweon: page 856, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1496, character 10
• Unihan data for U+6625

Chinese

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 春 (消歧義) / 春 (消歧义) (Chinese)
• 春 (Cantonese)
• 春 (Literary Chinese)
• chhun (Min Nan)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 春
Shang	Spring and Autumn	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)	Libian (compiled in Qing)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts	Clerical script

Characters in the same phonetic series (屯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
躉	*tuːnʔ
窀	*rduːn, *duːn, *tun
沌	*donʔ, *duːn, *duːnʔ
盹	*tuːnʔ, *tjuns
頓	*tuːns
扽	*tuːns
黗	*tʰuːn, *tʰuːnʔ
吨	*tʰuːnʔ
屯	*duːn, *tun
飩	*duːn
豘	*duːn
軘	*duːn
坉	*duːn
邨	*duːn, *stʰuːn
忳	*duːn
芚	*duːn
庉	*duːn, *duːnʔ
囤	*duːnʔ
迍	*tun
杶	*tʰun
瑃	*tʰun
椿	*tʰun
偆	*tʰunʔ, *tʰjunʔ
肫	*tjun
訰	*tjun, *tjuns
純	*tjunʔ, *djun
春	*tʰjun
蠢	*tʰjunʔ
踳	*tʰjunʔ
惷	*tʰjunʔ
蒓	*djun
賰	*hljunʔ
鬊	*hljuns

Originally phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰjun): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 屯 (OC *duːn, *tun, “sprout”) + semantic 日 (“sun”). However, the sprout as a phonetic component can be another reference to plants growing. The sun was added later, thus leading to the intermediate version 萅. Eventually, 艸 and 屯 merged into 𡗗.

The character 春 itself is probably a variant of 屯 (OC *duːn, *tun) as they are equivalent for the meaning “spring” in Old Chinese literature. Unrelated to 泰.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		春
alternative forms		萅 旾 㫩 𣇸 𣈤

Schuessler (2007) relates it to 芚 (OC *duːn, “(of plants) to begin to grow”); he also compares it Khmer ដុះ (doh, “to grow; to germinate; to sprout”), as well as 穿 (OC *kʰljon, *kʰljons, “to bore through”) (ibid.).

Sagart (2023b) relates it to a vulgar (i.e. ignoble and popular) word which means "egg", which lacked a character, whose modern reflexes are Meixian Hakka 春 (cun¹, “egg, roe”), Sixian Hakka 春 (chhûn), and Cantonese 春 (ceon¹, “egg, roe; testicle”) (IPA: /t͡ʃʰɵn⁵⁵/); and for which he further reconstructs Old Chinese *tʰu[n] ~ *tʰu[r]. He further relates OC *tʰu[n] ~ *tʰu[r] to Bodo (India) dəy, Mizo tui, Proto-Karen *ʔdejᴮ, from tentative Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tʰur, (STEDT, however, reconstructs *d(w)əy (“egg, testicle”)) and notes a connection between "eggs" and Chinese new year season, as birds generally nest and lay eggs in the warmer months in the north .

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): chūn (chun¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cun¹

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): pfěn

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): chùn

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чун (čun, I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ceon¹

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): can¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): cun¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): cun¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhûn

  (Hailu, HRS): chun^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cun¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): cung¹
• Northern Min (KCR): ché̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): chŭng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cong¹ / cuong¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhun

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cung¹

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): cung¹

• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): can¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tshen
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qyn¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chun
    • Wade–Giles: chʻun¹
    • Yale: chwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuen
    • Palladius: чунь (čunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: cun¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cun
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuən⁵⁵/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: pfěn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /p͡fʰẽ²¹/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: chùn
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): chun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰuə̃³¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чун (čun, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ceon¹
    • Yale: chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/
  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: can¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn²¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: cun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰun³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: cun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰun⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: cun^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: chun^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰun⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: cung¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ché̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœyŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: cong¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cheong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: cuong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuoŋ⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun
    • Tâi-lô: tshun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhwn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cung¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuŋ³³/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: cung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuŋ³⁵/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: can¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰən⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tshen
    • MiniDict: tshen^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰən⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: qyn¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyn³³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 春
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂʰuən⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂʰuən⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/ʈ͡ʂʰuən²¹/ /t͡sʰuən²¹/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂʰuẽ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂʰuə̃²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰuən²⁴/
	Xi'an	/p͡fʰẽ²¹/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂʰuə̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/p͡fʰə̃n³¹/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕʰyn⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰuən⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰuen⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂʰuə̃⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂʰun³¹/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂʰuən²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰuəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/t͡sʰuŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰũŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sʰəŋ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/t͡sʰən⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sʰz̩ʷen³³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕʰoŋ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕʰyʌ̃³¹/
	Tunxi	/t͡ɕʰyan¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕʰyn³³/
	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕʰyn³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰun⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/tʃʰun²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰøn⁵³/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/ /t͡sʰyn⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰøn⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡sʰun⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡sʰuŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡sʰœyŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡sʰuŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/sun²³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhwin

Rime
Character	春
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	昌脣切
Baxter	tsyhwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰwin/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiuĕn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceon1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰun/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjun/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	春
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chūn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhwin ›
Old Chinese	/*tʰun/
English	springtime
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	春
Reading #	1/1
No.	12573
Phonetic component	屯
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	春
Old Chinese	/*tʰjun/
Notes	說文從艸從日屯聲， 實屯繁化轉註字

Definitions

春

1. spring (season)

   春天  ―  chūntiān  ―  spring

   四季如春  ―  sìjìrúchūn  ―  to experience a moderate and pleasant climate throughout the year

   • 暫伴月將影，行樂須及春。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     暂伴月将影，行乐须及春。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century, Li Bai, 月下獨酌

     Zàn bàn yuè jiāng yǐng, xínglè xū jí chūn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (literary) year; age

   • 妾身守空閨，良人行從軍。自期三年歸，今已歷九春。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     妾身守空闺，良人行从军。自期三年归，今已历九春。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 3rd century, Cao Zhi, 雜詩·西北有織婦

     Qièshēn shǒu kōngguī, liángrén xíng cóngjūn. Zì qī sān nián guī, jīn yǐ lì jiǔ chūn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. spring scenery
4. vitality; liveliness; energy; life

   妙手回春  ―  miàoshǒuhuíchūn  ―  to effect a miraculous cure and bring the dying back to life

5. love; lust

   春情  ―  chūnqíng  ―  amorous feelings

   思春期  ―  sīchūnqī  ―  puberty

   • 有女懷春，吉士誘之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有女怀春，吉士诱之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yǒu nǚ huái chūn, jíshì yòu zhī. [Pinyin]

     There is a young lady with thoughts natural to the spring,
     And a fine gentleman would lead her astray.

6. a type of alcoholic drink which is fermented from spring to winter

See also

Seasons in Mandarin · 四季 (sìjì, “four seasons”) (layout · text) · category
春 (chūn, “spring”)	夏 (xià, “summer”)	秋 (qiū, “fall; autumn”)	冬 (dōng, “winter”)

Usage notes

In Chinese culture, upside-down 春 is often used on CNY decorations and symbolizes the arrival of spring after a homophonic pun: 春倒 (dào, “inverted”) = 春到 (dào, “to arrive”).

Compounds

• 一場春夢 / 一场春梦
• 一枝春
• 三春 (sānchūn)
• 三春暉 / 三春晖 (sānchūnhuī)
• 三春柳
• 不勝春 / 不胜春
• 中國之春 / 中国之春
• 九春
• 付之春夢 / 付之春梦
• 仲春 (zhòngchūn)
• 偷春
• 做春夢 / 做春梦
• 偷春體 / 偷春体
• 兩頭春 / 两头春
• 八月春
• 初春 (chūchūn)
• 剪春羅 / 剪春罗
• 化雨春風 / 化雨春风 (huàyǔchūnfēng)
• 北京之春
• 口角春風 / 口角春风
• 呂氏春秋 / 吕氏春秋 (Lǚshìchūnqiū)
• 吳越春秋 / 吴越春秋
• 咬春
• 四季如春 (sìjìrúchūn)
• 回復青春 / 回复青春
• 回春 (huíchūn)
• 回春作用
• 坐春風 / 坐春风
• 夜春
• 大地回春 (dàdìhuíchūn)
• 大春
• 大春元
• 如坐春風 / 如坐春风
• 如沐春風 / 如沐春风 (rúmùchūnfēng)
• 妙手回春 (miàoshǒuhuíchūn)
• 嬌若春花 / 娇若春花
• 子春之疾
• 孟春 (mèngchūn)
• 季春 (jìchūn)
• 宜春 (Yíchūn)
• 宜春帖
• 宜春縣 / 宜春县
• 富春秋
• 寒木春華 / 寒木春华
• 寸草春暉 / 寸草春晖
• 小春 (xiǎochūn)
• 小陽春 / 小阳春 (xiǎoyángchūn)
• 左氏春秋
• 常春藤 (chángchūnténg)
• 常遇春
• 幾度春風 / 几度春风
• 恆春半島 / 恒春半岛 (Héngchūn Bàndǎo)
• 恆春鎮 / 恒春镇
• 悲秋傷春 / 悲秋伤春
• 憐春 / 怜春
• 懷春 / 怀春 (huáichūn)
• 戰地春夢 / 战地春梦
• 手到回春
• 打春 (Dǎchūn)
• 拜春
• 探春
• 探春之宴
• 揮春 / 挥春
• 摸春牛
• 放春
• 新春 (xīnchūn)
• 早春 (zǎochūn)
• 春上 (chūnshang)
• 春不老
• 春丕峽 / 春丕峡
• 春事
• 春事闌珊 / 春事阑珊
• 春令 (chūnlìng)
• 春作
• 春來秋去 / 春来秋去
• 春信
• 春假 (chūnjià)
• 春元演習 / 春元演习
• 春光 (chūnguāng)
• 春光如海
• 春光明媚 (chūnguāngmíngmèi)
• 春光漏泄
• 春光融融
• 春冰 (chūnbīng)
• 春凳
• 春分 (Chūnfēn)
• 春分點 / 春分点
• 春勝 / 春胜
• 春化 (chūnhuà)
• 春化作用
• 春化處理 / 春化处理
• 春去秋來 / 春去秋来
• 春和景明 (chūnhéjǐngmíng)
• 春回大地 (chūnhuídàdì)
• 春困
• 春困秋乏
• 春夢 / 春梦 (chūnmèng)
• 春夢一場 / 春梦一场
• 春夢婆 / 春梦婆
• 春夢無痕 / 春梦无痕
• 春大麥 / 春大麦
• 春天 (chūntiān)
• 春季 (chūnjì)
• 春官
• 春宵 (chūnxiāo)
• 春宮 / 春宫 (chūngōng)
• 春宮圖 / 春宫图 (chūngōngtú)
• 春宵苦短
• 春寒
• 春寒料峭
• 春小麥 / 春小麦
• 春山 (chūnshān)
• 春山八字
• 春山如笑
• 春心 (chūnxīn)
• 春心蕩漾 / 春心荡漾
• 春心飛絮 / 春心飞絮
• 春忙
• 春思
• 春情 (chūnqíng)
• 春意 (chūnyì)
• 春意闌珊 / 春意阑珊 (chūnyìlánshān)
• 春捂秋凍 / 春捂秋冻
• 春捲 / 春卷 (chūnjuǎn)
• 春捲兒 / 春卷儿 (chūnjuǎnr)
• 春捲皮 / 春卷皮
• 春播 (chūnbō)
• 春方 (chūnfāng)
• 春旛
• 春日 (chūnrì)
• 春日遲遲 / 春日迟迟
• 春旱
• 春明
• 春景 (chūnjǐng)
• 春暉 / 春晖 (chūnhuī)
• 春暖花開 / 春暖花开 (chūnnuǎnhuākāi)
• 春暖花香
• 春曉 / 春晓 (chūnxiǎo)
• 春書 / 春书
• 春月 (chūnyuè)
• 春服 (chūnfú)
• 春望
• 春林
• 春條兒 / 春条儿
• 春榮 / 春荣
• 春榜
• 春樹暮雲 / 春树暮云
• 春歸 / 春归
• 春歸人老 / 春归人老
• 春氣 / 春气
• 春水 (chūnshuǐ)
• 春汛
• 春消息
• 春深似海
• 春游 (chūnyóu)
• 春滿人間 / 春满人间
• 春潮
• 春灌
• 春牛
• 春牛圖 / 春牛图
• 春生秋殺 / 春生秋杀
• 春申君
• 春申江 (Chūnshēnjiāng)
• 春畫 / 春画 (chūnhuà)
• 春畫兒 / 春画儿
• 春瘟
• 春盛擔子 / 春盛担子 (chūnshèng dànzi)
• 春盛食罍
• 春盤 / 春盘
• 春社 (chūnshè)
• 春祈秋報 / 春祈秋报
• 春祭 (chūnjì)
• 春禊
• 春秋 (chūnqiū)
• 春秋三傳 / 春秋三传 (Chūnqiū Sānzhuàn)
• 春秋五霸
• 春秋兒 / 春秋儿
• 春秋大夢 / 春秋大梦 (chūnqiūdàmèng)
• 春秋幾何 / 春秋几何
• 春秋日高
• 春秋榜
• 春秋筆削 / 春秋笔削
• 春秋筆法 / 春秋笔法 (Chūnqiū bǐfǎ)
• 春秋繁露
• 春秋衫
• 春秋配
• 春秋鼎盛 (chūnqiūdǐngshèng)
• 春種 / 春种
• 春筍 / 春笋 (chūnsǔn)
• 春筍怒發 / 春笋怒发
• 春節 / 春节 (chūnjié)
• 春紅 / 春红 (chūnhóng)
• 春綢 / 春绸
• 春纖 / 春纤
• 春耕 (chūngēng)
• 春聯 / 春联 (chūnlián)
• 春聯兒 / 春联儿
• 春肥
• 春臺 / 春台
• 春興 / 春兴
• 春色 (chūnsè)
• 春色惱人 / 春色恼人
• 春色滿園 / 春色满园
• 春花
• 春芳
• 春花作物
• 春花秋月 (chūnhuāqiūyuè)
• 春茶 (chūnchá)
• 春草 (chūncǎo)
• 春荒
• 春華 / 春华
• 春菇
• 春華秋實 / 春华秋实
• 春菜絲兒 / 春菜丝儿
• 春蒐
• 春蔥 / 春葱
• 春藥 / 春药 (chūnyào)
• 春蘭 / 春兰 (chūnlán)
• 春蘭秋菊 / 春兰秋菊
• 春蚓秋蛇
• 春蠶 / 春蚕 (chūncán)
• 春裝 / 春装
• 春試 / 春试
• 春誦夏絃 / 春诵夏弦
• 春賽 / 春赛
• 春遊 / 春游 (chūnyóu)
• 春運 / 春运 (chūnyùn)
• 春酒
• 春閨 / 春闺
• 春闈 / 春闱
• 春院
• 春陵 (Chūnlíng)
• 春雨 (chūnyǔ)
• 春雷
• 春霖
• 春露秋霜
• 春風 / 春风 (chūnfēng)
• 春風一度 / 春风一度
• 春風化雨 / 春风化雨 (chūnfēnghuàyǔ)
• 春風和氣 / 春风和气
• 春風夏雨 / 春风夏雨
• 春風得意 / 春风得意 (chūnfēngdéyì)
• 春風滿面 / 春风满面
• 春風藹吉 / 春风蔼吉
• 春風雨露 / 春风雨露
• 春風面 / 春风面
• 春風風人 / 春风风人 (chūnfēngfèngrén)
• 春餅 / 春饼 (chūnbǐng)
• 春香鬧學 / 春香闹学
• 春鶯 / 春莺
• 春麥 / 春麦
• 晏子春秋 (Yànzǐ Chūnqiū)
• 時雨春風 / 时雨春风
• 暮春 (mùchūn)
• 暮雲春樹 / 暮云春树
• 有女懷春 / 有女怀春
• 有腳陽春 / 有脚阳春
• 杏林春暖
• 枯木逢春 (kūmùféngchūn)
• 枯枝再春
• 楚漢春秋 / 楚汉春秋
• 殘春 / 残春
• 永春 (Yǒngchūn)
• 沐浴春風 / 沐浴春风
• 洪春 (Hóngchūn)
• 滿春 / 满春 (Mǎnchūn)
• 漏春和尚
• 漏洩春光 / 漏泄春光
• 滿袖春風 / 满袖春风
• 滿面春生 / 满面春生
• 滿面春風 / 满面春风 (mǎnmiànchūnfēng)
• 滿面生春 / 满面生春
• 熙春 (xīchūn)
• 燒春 / 烧春
• 玉堂春
• 玉樓春 / 玉楼春
• 琿春 / 珲春 (Húnchūn, “Hunchun”)
• 琿春河 / 珲春河
• 琿春縣 / 珲春县
• 甕頭春 / 瓮头春
• 留春
• 發春 / 发春 (fāchūn)
• 白雪陽春 / 白雪阳春
• 皮裡春秋 / 皮里春秋 (pílǐchūnqiū)
• 眉似春山
• 眉蹙春山
• 碧蘿春 / 碧萝春
• 碧螺春 (bìluóchūn)
• 萬古長春 / 万古长春
• 秋月春風 / 秋月春风
• 立春 (Lìchūn)
• 第二春 (dì'èrchūn)
• 紅春 / 红春 (Hóngchūn)
• 繡閣長春 / 绣阁长春
• 花塢春曉 / 花坞春晓
• 芳春
• 莫春 (mùchūn)
• 著手回春
• 著手成春
• 蔣春霖 / 蒋春霖
• 藥到回春 / 药到回春
• 蘄春 / 蕲春 (Qíchūn)
• 虎尾春冰
• 行春
• 買春 / 买春 (mǎichūn)
• 賣春 / 卖春 (màichūn)
• 走春
• 迎春 (yíngchūn)
• 迎春花 (yíngchūnhuā)
• 遞春 / 递春
• 鄂倫春族 / 鄂伦春族 (Èlúnchūnzú)
• 鍾離春 / 钟离春
• 長春 / 长春 (Chángchūn)
• 長春市 / 长春市
• 長春河 / 长春河 (Chángchūn Hé)
• 長春花 / 长春花 (chángchūnhuā)
• 開春 / 开春 (kāichūn)
• 陽春 / 阳春 (yángchūn)
• 陽春有腳 / 阳春有脚
• 陽春白雪 / 阳春白雪 (yángchūnbáixuě)
• 陽春麵 / 阳春面 (yángchūnmiàn)
• 陽臺春夢 / 阳台春梦
• 雨後春筍 / 雨后春笋 (yǔhòuchūnsǔn)
• 青春 (qīngchūn)
• 青春期 (qīngchūnqī)
• 青春永駐 / 青春永驻
• 青春痘 (qīngchūndòu)
• 面若春花
• 鞭春
• 麗春園 / 丽春园
• 麗春花 / 丽春花
• 黍谷生春
• 龜鶴同春 / 龟鹤同春

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (春):

• → Japanese: 春(しゅん) (shun)
• → Korean: 춘(春) (chun)
• → Vietnamese: xuân (春)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		春
alternative forms		膥

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d(w)əj (“egg; testicle”) (Baxter and Sagart, 2014). Sagart (2023b) reconstructs Old Chinese *tʰu[n] ~ *tʰu[r] from tentative Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tʰur, some of whose other descendants are Bodo (India) dəy, Mizo tui, Proto-Karen *ʔdejᴮ, etc.; he also relates it to 春 (chūn) "springtime" after noting a connection between eggs and Chinese new year season, as birds generally nest and lay eggs in the warmer months in the north (ibid.).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhûn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cun¹

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cung¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ceon¹
    • Yale: chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: cun^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cung¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuŋ³³/

Definitions

春

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) egg; roe

   水蛇春咁長／水蛇春咁长 [Cantonese]  ―  seoi² se⁴ ceon¹ gam³ coeng⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  extremely long or lengthy (literally, “as long as a chain of water snake eggs”)

2. (Cantonese, vulgar) testicle
3. (Cantonese, vulgar) goddamn, the hell

   你搞乜春呀？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   nei⁵ gaau² mat¹ ceon¹ aa³? [Jyutping]

   What the fuck are you doing?

4. (Cantonese, vulgar, always with the classifier) nothing; damn all; jack shit; bugger all (Classifier: 條／条 c)

   Synonyms: 毛, 鐵 / 铁 (tit³)

   你識條春咩？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你识条春咩？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ sik¹ tiu⁴ ceon¹ me¹? [Jyutping]

   What the hell do you know?

5. (Cantonese, vulgar) negates the meaning of the sentence

   關你春事！／关你春事！ [Cantonese]  ―  gwaan¹ nei⁵ ceon¹ si⁶! [Jyutping]  ―  None of your damn business!

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蛋 (“egg (of a bird or reptile)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		卵
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蛋, 卵
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蛋, 子兒
	Taiwan	蛋
	Malaysia	蛋
	Singapore	蛋
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蛋
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	蛋
	Xuzhou	蛋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蛋
	Wuhan	蛋
	Guiyang	蛋
	Guilin	蛋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蛋
	Hefei	蛋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蛋, 春
	Hong Kong	蛋, 春
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	春
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	春
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	春
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	春
	Macau	蛋, 春
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	春, 蛋
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	蛋
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	春
	Foshan	春, 蛋
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	春
	Foshan (Shunde)	春
	Foshan (Sanshui)	春
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	春
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	春
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	春
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	春
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蛋
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蛋
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蛋
	Taishan	蛋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蛋
	Enping (Niujiang)	蛋
	Heshan (Yayao)	蛋
	Dongguan	春
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	春
	Yangjiang	蛋, 春
	Nanning	蛋
	Wuzhou	蛋
	Yulin	蛋
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	蛋
	Beihai	蛋
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	蛋
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	蛋
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	蛋
	Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua)	子
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蛋
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蛋
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蛋
	Móng Cái	蛋
Gan	Nanchang	蛋
	Lichuan	蛋
	Pingxiang	架架
	Jianning	蛋
	Taining	卵
Hakka	Meixian	卵, 春, 蛋
	Xingning	春
	Dabu (Xihe)	春
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	春
	Huiyang	春
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	春
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	春
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	春
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	春
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	春
	Wuhua (Changbu)	春
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	春
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	春
	Wengyuan	春
	Liannan	春
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	春
	Jiexi	卵
	Luhe	卵
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	卵
	Changting	蛋
	Wuping	蛋
	Wuping (Yanqian)	蛋
	Liancheng	卵
	Ninghua	蛋
	Tonggu (Sandu)	蛋
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	蛋
	Dayu	蛋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	卵, 春
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	卵, 春
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	卵, 春
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	卵, 春
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	卵, 春
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	卵
	Hong Kong	春, 蛋
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	春
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	春
	Xinyi (Sihe)	春
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	蛋
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	春
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	蛋
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	蛋
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	蛋
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	蛋
	Mengshan (Xihe)	春
	Luchuan	蛋
	Sabah (Longchuan)	春
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	春
	Senai (Huiyang)	春
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	春
	Singkawang	春
Jin	Taiyuan	蛋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	卵
	Songxi	卵
	Zhenghe	卵
	Jianyang	卵
	Wuyishan	卵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	卵
	Fuzhou (Changle)	卵
	Lianjiang	卵
	Fuqing	卵
	Pingtan	卵
	Yongtai	卵
	Minqing	卵
	Gutian	卵
	Pingnan	卵
	Luoyuan	卵
	Fu'an	卵
	Ningde	卵
	Xiapu	卵
	Zherong	卵
	Shouning	卵
	Zhouning	卵
	Fuding	卵
	Matsu	卵
Southern Min	Xiamen	卵
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	卵
	Quanzhou	卵
	Jinjiang	卵
	Nan'an	卵
	Shishi	卵
	Hui'an	卵
	Anxi	卵
	Yongchun	卵
	Dehua	卵
	Zhangzhou	卵
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	卵
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	卵
	Hua'an	卵
	Nanjing	卵
	Pinghe	卵
	Zhangpu	卵
	Yunxiao	卵
	Zhao'an	卵
	Dongshan	卵
	Taipei	卵
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	卵
	Kaohsiung	卵
	Yilan	卵
	Changhua (Lukang)	卵
	Taichung	卵
	Taichung (Wuqi)	卵
	Tainan	卵
	Taitung	卵
	Hsinchu	卵
	Kinmen	卵
	Penghu (Magong)	卵
	Penang (Hokkien)	卵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	卵
	Manila (Hokkien)	卵
	Longyan	卵
	Zhangping	卵
	Datian	卵
	Chaozhou	卵
	Shantou	卵
	Shantou (Chenghai)	卵
	Jieyang	卵
	Haifeng	卵
	Bangkok (Teochew)	卵
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	卵
	Singapore (Teochew)	卵
	Leizhou	卵
	Wenchang	卵
	Haikou	卵
	Singapore (Hainanese)	卵
Puxian Min	Putian	卵
	Xianyou	卵
Central Min	Yong'an	卵
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	卵
	Sanming (Shaxian)	卵
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	卵
	Guangze	卵
	Jiangle	卵
	Mingxi	卵
	Shunchang	卵
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	春
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	蛋
	Suzhou	蛋
	Danyang	蛋
	Ningbo	蛋
	Wenzhou	卵
	Jinhua	卵
Xiang	Changsha	蛋
	Shuangfeng	蛋

Dialectal synonyms of 睪丸 (“testicle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		外腎, 腎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		睪丸, 精巢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	卵子兒, 卵包子, 小蛋兒
	Taiwan	蛋蛋
	Harbin	卵子兒
	Singapore	球
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	球蛋
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蛋子兒, 蛋
	Wanrong	子
	Xi'an	蛋子兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	卵子
	Lanzhou	脬子兒, 腎
	Ürümqi	脬卵子, 卵子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	卵, 卵蛋, 蛋蛋, 卵子, 敲敲兒
	Wuhan	卵子, 卵蛋, 卵坨
	Guiyang	卵蛋
	Liuzhou	卵考子, 考子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	卵子
	Yangzhou	卵蛋, 卵子子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	春子
	Hong Kong	春, 春子, 春核, 波子, 蛋蛋, 睪丸
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	核
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	核春
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	核仁
	Kaiping (Chikan)	春牯
	Dongguan	春核
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	卵子
	Hepu (Shatian)	卵脬仁
	Guiping	核子
	Guiping (Mule)	𨳍卵
	Pingnan	核卵
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	核仔
	Guigang (Pingdong)	核仁
	Beihai	卵仁
	Beihai (Nankang)	卵仁
	Beihai (Yingpan)	卵仁
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	卵仁
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	卵核
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	卵核
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	春仔
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	卵
	Móng Cái	卵核
Gan	Lichuan	順子
	Pingxiang	卵坨子
Hakka	Meixian	核卵
	Xingning	核卵
	Dabu (Xihe)	核卵仁
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	核卵
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	核卵
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	核卵
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	核卵
	Wuhua (Changbu)	核卵
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	核卵
	Jiexi	核卵
	Changting	卵子
	Longyan (Yongding)	核卵
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	核卵仁
	Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)	核卵
	Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)	核卵
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	核卵
	Liancheng (Peitian)	卵子
	Liancheng (Juxi)	核卵
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	核卵
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	核卵
	Yudu	卵子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	核卵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	核卵
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	核卵
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	核卵仁
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	核卵仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	核卵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	核卵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	核卵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	核卵
	Hong Kong	核卵
	Sabah (Longchuan)	核卵
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	核卵仁
	Senai (Huiyang)	核
	Singkawang	核卵
	Bangkok (Meixian)	核卵
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	核卵
Huizhou	Jixi	卵子
Jin	Pingyao	堆兒, 蛋
	Xinzhou	蛋籽子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𡳞核子, 𡳞核
	Fuzhou (Changle)	𡳞核子
	Fuqing	𡳞核子
	Yongtai	𡳞脬子
	Gutian	𡳞核子
	Fu'an	𡳞脬子
	Ningde	𡳞脬子
	Shouning	𡳞脬子
	Zhouning	尿脬子
	Fuding	卵脬子
Southern Min	Xiamen	𡳞核, 腎子
	Quanzhou	𡳞核, 腎子
	Jinjiang	𡳞核
	Yongchun	𡳞核, 𡳞核子
	Zhangzhou	𡳞核, 腎子
	Zhao'an	𡳞核
	Taipei	𡳞核
	Taipei (Wanhua)	𡳞脬核仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	𡳞核
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	𡳞核
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	𡳞核
	Kaohsiung	𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	𡳞核仔, 𡳞核
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	𡳞核
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	𡳞核
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	𡳞核
	Yilan	𡳞核
	Yilan (Toucheng)	𡳞核仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
	Taichung	𡳞核仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	𡳞核
	Tainan	𡳞核, 𡳞核仔, 腎子
	Tainan (Anping)	𡳞核
	Taitung	𡳞核仔
	Hsinchu	𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
	Kinmen	𡳞核
	Penghu (Magong)	𡳞核
	Penghu (Xiyu)	𡳞核
	Penang (Hokkien)	𡳞核, 核, 𡳞脬子
	Singapore (Hokkien)	𡳞核, 腎子, 𡳞脬子
	Manila (Hokkien)	𡳞核
	Chaozhou	核
	Shantou	𡳞核
	Shantou (Chenghai)	𡳞核
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	𡳞核
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	𡳞核
	Jieyang	𡳞核, 𡳞仁
	Haifeng	𡳞脬核
	Bangkok (Teochew)	𡳞核
	Leizhou	𡳞脬子, 𡳞脬核, 核子
	Wenchang	𡳞仁
	Haikou	𡳞脬仁
Puxian Min	Putian	𡳞核
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	𡳞核
	Xianyou	𡳞核
Central Min	Sanming (Sanyuan)	石核
	Sanming (Shaxian)	尿脬核
Shaojiang Min	Mingxi	腎肚子
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	卵子
Wu	Shanghai	卵子
	Suzhou	卵子
	Danyang	卵脬黃, 卵子黃
	Hangzhou	卵子
	Ningbo	卵黃, 卵袋黃
	Wenzhou	卵子, 卵袋子, 陰袋子
	Jinhua	老核子
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	卵核
Xiang	Loudi	考子, 卵子
	Hengyang	睪子

Compounds

• 乜春
• 多春魚 / 多春鱼 (duōchūnyú)
• 春核
• 春袋
• 水蛇春咁長 / 水蛇春咁长
• 石春
• 蝦春 / 虾春
• 雞春 / 鸡春
• 魚春 / 鱼春
• 鵝春石 / 鹅春石

References

• “春”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 春

春

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: しゅん (shun, Jōyō)^{←しゆん (syun, historical)}
• Kan-on: しゅん (shun, Jōyō)^{←しゆん (syun, historical)}
• Kun: はる (haru, 春, Jōyō)
• Nanori: あずま (azuma)^{←あづま (aduma, historical)}、あつ (atsu)、かす (kasu)、かず (kazu)、す (su)、とき (toki)、はじめ (hajime)

Compounds

Compounds

• 思(し)春(しゅん)期(き) (shishunki)
• 長(ちょう)春(しゅん) (Chōshun)
• 立(りっ)春(しゅん) (Risshun)
• 春日(かすが) (Kasuga)
• 春宮(とうぐう) (tōgū), 春宮(みこのみや) (miko no miya)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
春
はる Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

春

Wikipedia ^ja

/paru/ → /ɸaru/ → /haru/

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はる [háꜜrù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ɾɯ̟]

• Audio:

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Noun

春(はる) • (haru) 

1. the spring (season)

   Synonyms: 春季 (shunki), 春期 (shunki)

2. (by extension) the New Year
3. adolescence, youth
4. a heyday of one’s life
5. a time of happiness after a long period of difficulty
6. (slang, euphemistic) sexual intercourse

   春(はる)をひさぐ ― haru o hisagu ― to engage in prostitution(literally, “to sell sex”)

Coordinate terms

Seasons in Japanese · 四(し)季(き) (shiki, “four seasons”) (layout · text) · category
春(はる) (haru, “spring”) 春(しゅん)季(き) (shunki, “spring”) 春(しゅん)期(き) (shunki, “spring period”)	夏(なつ) (natsu, “summer”) 夏(か)季(き) (kaki, “summer”) 夏(か)期(き) (kaki, “summer period”)	秋(あき) (aki, “fall; autumn”) 秋(しゅう)季(き) (shūki, “fall; autumn”) 秋(しゅう)期(き) (shūki, “fall period”)	冬(ふゆ) (fuyu, “winter”) 冬(とう)季(き) (tōki, “winter”) 冬(とう)期(き) (tōki, “winter period”)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 春(はる)めく (harumeku)
• 春(はる)秋(あき) (haruaki)
• 春(はる)一(いち)番(ばん) (haruichiban)
• 春(はる)風(かぜ) (harukaze)
• 春(はる)霞(がすみ) (harugasumi)
• 春(はる)着(ぎ) (harugi)
• 春(はる)蚕(ご) (harugo)
• 春(はる)先(さき) (harusaki)
• 春(はる)雨(さめ) (harusame)
• 春(はる)場(ば)所(しょ) (harubasho)
• 春(はる)日(ひ) (haruhi)
• 春(はる)繭(まゆ) (harumayu)
• 春(はる)休(やす)み (haruyasumi)
• 小(こ)春(はる) (koharu)
• 常(とこ)春(はる) (tokoharu)
• 初(はつ)春(はる) (hatsuharu)
• 来(らい)春(はる) (raiharu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
春
しゅん Grade: 2
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 春 (MC tsyhwin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕɨ̃ɴ]

Affix

春(しゅん) • (shun) ^{←しゆん (syun)?}

1. spring (season)
2. New Year
3. life, vitality
4. lust, passion
5. months and years

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 春(しゅん)夏(か) (shunka)
• 春(しゅん)夏(か)秋(しゅう)冬(とう) (shunkashūtō)
• 春(しゅん)画(が) (shunga)
• 春(しゅん)季(き) (shunki)
• 春(しゅん)機(き) (shunki)
• 春(しゅん)菊(ぎく) (shungiku)
• 春(しゅん)日(じつ) (shunjitsu)
• 春(しゅん)秋(じゅう) (shunjū)
• 春(しゅん)宵(しょう) (shunshō)
• 春(しゅん)情(じょう) (shunjō)
• 春(しゅん)分(ぶん) (shunbun)
• 春(しゅん)本(ぽん) (shunpon)
• 賀(が)春(しゅん) (gashun)
• 回(かい)春(しゅん) (kaishun)
• 迎(げい)春(しゅん) (geishun)
• 初(しょ)春(しゅん) (shoshun)
• 新(しん)春(しゅん) (shinshun)
• 青(せい)春(しゅん) (seishun)
• 惜(せき)春(しゅん) (sekishun)
• 早(そう)春(しゅん) (sōshun)
• 長(ちょう)春(しゅん) (chōshun)
• 売(ばい)春(しゅん) (baishun)
• 晩(ばん)春(しゅん) (banshun)
• 孟(もう)春(しゅん) (mōshun)
• 陽(よう)春(しゅん) (yōshun)
• 翌(よく)春(しゅん) (yokushun)
• 来(らい)春(しゅん) (raishun)

References

• “春”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 春 (MC tsyhwin).

Historical readings
Dongguk Jeongun reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	츈 (Yale: chyùn)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527	봄〮 (Yale: pwóm)	츈 (Yale: chyùn)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰun]
• Phonetic hangul: [춘]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

春

春 (eumhun 봄 춘 (bom chun))

1. Hanja form^? of 춘 (“spring (season)”). [affix]

Compounds

Compounds

• 춘추 (春秋, chunchu)
• 입춘 (立春, ipchun)
• 청춘 (靑春, cheongchun)
• 매춘 (賣春, maechun)
• 매춘부 (賣春婦, maechunbu)
• 사춘기 (思春期, sachun'gi)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Okinawan

Kanji

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Category:Okinawan terms spelled with 春

春

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): しゅん (shun, Jōyō)
• Kun: はる (haru, 春, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 春(しゅん)菊(ちく) (shunchiku)
• 春(しゅん)分(ぶん) (shunbun)
• 長(ちょー)春(しゅん) (chōshun)
• 立(りっ)春(しゅん) (Risshun)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
春
はる Grade: 2
kun'yomi

/ɸaru/ → /haru/

Shift from faru below.

Cognate with mainland Japanese 春 (haru).

Pronunciation

• (Shuri-Naha) はる [hàrú] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [haɾu]

Noun

春(はる) (haru) 

1. the spring (season)

Derived terms

• 初(はち)春(はる) (hachiharu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
春
ふぁる Grade: 2
irregular

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Shuri-Naha) ふぁる [fàrú] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸaɾu]

Noun

春(ふぁる) (faru) 

1. (archaic) the spring (season)

Old Japanese

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *paru. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

春 (paru) (kana はる)

1. the spring (season)

Derived terms

• 春霞 (parukasumi₁)
• 春日 (parupi₁)
• 初春 (patuparu)

Descendants

• Japanese: 春 (haru)