Kanji 春

音読おんよみ: シュン

訓読くんよみ: はる

画数かくすう: 9 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 日(ひ)

Meaning

Spring / Youth

  • 春休はるやすみ — spring break
  • 新春しんしゅん — early spring / New Year
  • 青春せいしゅん — youth
  • 春風はるかぜ — spring breeze
  • 立春りっしゅん — beginning of spring

春 combines the elements for sun (日), grass (艹), and a phonetic. It symbolizes the season when grass begins to sprout under the sun — a time of growth, warmth, and new beginnings. The kanji is also metaphorically linked to youth and vitality.

はるました。
Spring has come.

春休はるやすみに旅行りょこうします。
I'm going on a trip during spring break.

青
Creates
青春せいしゅん — youth
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