春
春 — Springtime
springtime, spring (season)
On’yomiシュン (shun)
Kun’yomiはる (haru)
Stroke order (9 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 春
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 春 | はる haru | spring; springtime; New Year |
| 今春 | こんしゅん konshun | this spring; spring this year |
| 春闘 | しゅんとう shuntou | spring labor offensive; annual spring wage bargaining round |
| 来春 | らいしゅん raishun | next spring |
| 青春 | せいしゅん seishun | youth; adolescence; springtime of life |
| 昨春 | さくしゅん sakushun | last spring; the spring of last year |
Study notes
春 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 2), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #579 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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