春

chūn

spring (season)

surname Chun; gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life

a picture of 春 → the sun coaxing new growth into spring

The top portion of 春 depicts plants sprouting and the sun (日) warming them from below — an image of the world stirring back to life. The character as a whole evokes that seasonal turning point when light and growth return together.

日→春
日The sunSemantic

春天来了,花都开了。

chūn tiān lái le, huā dōu kāi le。

Spring has come, and all the flowers have bloomed.

每年春末,他都会回家看父母。

měi nián chūn mò, tā dōu huì huí jiā kàn fù mǔ。

At the end of every spring, he goes home to visit his parents.

Words with 春

春游

chūn yóu

spring outing

宜春市

yí chūn shì

Yichun, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]

春茶

chūn chá

tea leaves gathered at springtime or the tea made from these leaves

春晚

chūn wǎn

abbr. for 春節聯歡晚會|春节联欢晚会[Chun1 jie2 Lian2 huan1 Wan3 hui4]

春耕

chūn gēng

to plow a field in the spring

雨后春笋

yǔ hòu chūn sǔn

lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth

游春

yóu chūn

to go for a trip in spring

鄂伦春自治旗

è lún chūn zì zhì qí

Oroqin Autonomous Banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia

鄂伦春

è lún chūn

Oroqen or Orochon (ethnic group)

野火春风

yě huǒ chūn fēng

abbr. for 野火燒不盡,春風吹又生|野火烧不尽,春风吹又生[ye3 huo3 shao1 bu4 jin4 , chun1 feng1 chui1 you4 sheng1]

野火烧不尽,春风吹又生

yě huǒ shāo bù jìn , chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng

lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb)

长春

cháng chūn

see 長春市|长春市[Chang2 chun1 Shi4]

More characters with 日

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