春 – springtime, spring (season)

9 strokesTaught in grade 2#579 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 春 means springtime, spring (season). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シュン (shun); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はる (haru). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 日 (no. 72).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シュン	shun
Kun’yomi	はる	haru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 日 (Kangxi radical 72). Components: 一・二・日・人・大.

Words using 春

春はるspring青春せいしゅんyouth

Example sentences

多くの植物は春に花をつける。

Many plants bloom in the spring.

Tatoeba #138359

僕らは青春の真っ只中だ。

We are in the heyday of youth.

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Kanji with the same radical

日時明昨早映景旧易暴普昇星曜暮晴

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.