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春

Spring
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingシュン
Kun readingはる
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 2Level 15

Meanings

  1. spring
  2. springtimeRtK
  3. spring (season)
  1. new Year
  2. prime (of life)
  3. height (of one's prosperity)

Synonyms

スプリング

Homonyms

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Same reading (はる)
張る · to stick

Radicals and components

Radical日sun
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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bonsai · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1690

Compound words

昨春さくしゅん
last spring; the spring of last year
春日しゅんじつ
spring day; spring sun; spring sunlight
今春こんしゅん
this spring; spring this year
春秋しゅんじゅう
spring and autumn; spring and fall; years; age; The Spring and Autumn Annals
春先はるさき
beginning of spring
春闘しゅんとう
spring labor offensive; annual spring wage bargaining round
春分しゅんぶん
vernal equinox; spring equinox
青春せいしゅん
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
立春りっしゅん
first day of spring (according to the traditional lunisolar calendar, approx. February 4)
来春らいしゅん
next spring
売春ばいしゅん
prostitution
早春そうしゅん
early spring
新春しんしゅん
New Year
春季しゅんき
spring season
思春期ししゅんき
puberty; adolescence
春休みはるやすみ
spring break; spring vacation
売春婦ばいしゅんふ
prostitute
春場所はるばしょ
Spring Tournament (held in Osaka in March)
春夏秋冬しゅんかしゅうとう
spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
迎春げいしゅん
New Year's greeting, welcoming the new year
三春さんしゅん
three spring months
春霞はるがすみ
springtime haze
春画しゅんが
shunga
春宵しゅんしょう
spring evening

Additional Examples

彼はこの春東京大学に入学した。
He entered Tokyo University this spring.tatoeba
彼はこの春高校を卒業した。
He graduated from high school this spring.tatoeba
彼はこの春で３０年教員生活を続けたことになる。
He will have been teaching for thirty years this spring.tatoeba
彼はこの春からゴルフを始めた。
He took up golf this spring.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Spring. Sprouts (𡗗) under 日 (the sun) — the sun waking young shoots.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 春

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step