Stroke order
Stroke order
There are minor differences in where the last stroke of the top component (top-left to bottom-right diagonal) starts – on the second horizontal stroke or on the third.
春 Kangxi radical 72,日 +5, 9 strokes,cangjie input 手大日 (QKA ),four-corner 50603 ,composition ⿱𡗗 日 )
This character is not to be confused with舂 U+8202) which is visually similar but unrelated. 偆 ,㖺 ,堾 ,媋 ,𢝣 ,湷 ,𬌸 ,𬯌 ,暙 ,䐏 ,椿 ,瑃 ,𨕌 ,㿤 ,睶 ,𬓉 ,𮄵 ,蝽 ,賰 (䞐 ),踳 ,𨩃 ,䮞 (𩨁 ),鰆 (䲠 ),𪂹 ,𠝩 ,萶 ,箺 ,䦮 ,𩄄 ,鬊 ,惷 ,𣕮 ,𭾇 ,𪃣 ,蠢 ,𩯥 Kangxi Dictionary:page 493 , character 6 Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13844 Dae Jaweon: page 856, character 7 Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1496, character 10 Unihan data for U+6625 Old Chinese 躉 *tuːnʔ 窀 *rduːn, *duːn, *tun 沌 *donʔ, *duːn, *duːnʔ 盹 *tuːnʔ, *tjuns 頓 *tuːns 扽 *tuːns 黗 *tʰuːn, *tʰuːnʔ 吨 *tʰuːnʔ 屯 *duːn, *tun 飩 *duːn 豘 *duːn 軘 *duːn 坉 *duːn 邨 *duːn, *stʰuːn 忳 *duːn 芚 *duːn 庉 *duːn, *duːnʔ 囤 *duːnʔ 迍 *tun 杶 *tʰun 瑃 *tʰun 椿 *tʰun 偆 *tʰunʔ, *tʰjunʔ 肫 *tjun 訰 *tjun, *tjuns 純 *tjunʔ, *djun 春 *tʰjun 蠢 *tʰjunʔ 踳 *tʰjunʔ 惷 *tʰjunʔ 蒓 *djun 賰 *hljunʔ 鬊 *hljuns
Originallyphono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 OC *tʰjun ): semantic 艸 ( “ grass ” ) + phonetic 屯 ( OC *duːn, *tun “ sprout ” ) + semantic 日 ( “ sun ” ) . However, the sprout as a phonetic component can be another reference to plants growing. The sun was added later, thus leading to the intermediate version萅 . Eventually,艸 屯 𡗗
The character春 itself is probably a variant of屯 OC *duːn, *tun 泰 .
Schuessler (2007) relates it to芚 OC *duːn Khmer ដុះ ( doh ,“ to grow; to germinate; to sprout ” ) , as well as穿 OC *kʰljon, *kʰljons ibid. ).
Sagart (2023b) relates it to a vulgar (i.e. ignoble and popular) word which means "egg", which lacked acharacter , whose modern reflexes areMeixian Hakka 春 ( cun1 ,“ egg, roe ” ) ,Sixian Hakka 春 ( chhûn ) , andCantonese 春 ( ceon1 ,“ egg, roe; testicle ” ) (IPA :/t͡ʃʰɵn⁵⁵/ ); and for which he further reconstructsOld Chinese *tʰu[n] ~ *tʰu[r] . He further relates OC*tʰu[n] ~ *tʰu[r] toBodo (India) dəy Mizo tui Proto-Karen *ʔdejᴮ Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tʰur *d(w)əy ( “ egg, testicle ” ) ) and notes a connection between "eggs" and Chinese new year season, as birds generally nest and lay eggs in the warmer months in the north[1] .
Mandarin (Standard (Pinyin :chūn (chun1 )(Zhuyin :ㄔㄨㄣ (Chengdu ,Sichuanese Pinyin :cun1 (Xi'an ,Guanzhong Pinyin :pfěn (Nanjing ,Nanjing Pinyin :chùn (Dungan ,Cyrillic andWiktionary :чун (čun, I)Cantonese (Guangzhou –Hong Kong ,Jyutping :ceon1 (Dongguan ,Jyutping++ :can1 (Taishan ,Wiktionary :cun1 Gan (Wiktionary :cun1 Hakka (Sixian ,PFS :chhûn (Hailu ,HRS :chunˋ (Meixian ,Guangdong :cun1 Jin (Wiktionary :cung1 Northern Min (KCR :ché̤ng Eastern Min (BUC :chŭng Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing cong1 / cuong1 Southern Min (Hokkien ,POJ :chhun (Teochew ,Peng'im :cung1 (Leizhou , Leizhou Pinyin :cung1 Southern Pinghua (Nanning ,Jyutping++ :can1 Wu (Shanghai Wugniu :1 tshenXiang (Changsha ,Wiktionary :qyn1 Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )Character 春 Reading # 1/1 Modern chūn Middle ‹ tsyhwin › Old /*tʰun/ English springtime Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)Character 春 Reading # 1/1 No. 12573 Phonetic 屯 Rime 文 Rime 2 Corresponding 春 Old /*tʰjun/ Notes 說 文 從 艸 從 日 屯 聲 ，實 屯 繁 化 轉 註 字
春
spring ( season ) 春 天chūn tiān四季如春 sìjìrúchūn ( literary ) year ;age spring scenery vitality ;liveliness ;energy ;life 妙手回春 miàoshǒuhuíchūn love ;lust 春 情chūn qíng思春 期 sīchūn qī a type ofalcoholic drink which isfermented from spring towinter In Chinese culture, upside-down春 CNY decorations and symbolizes the arrival of spring after a homophonic pun:春 倒 dào 春 到 dào
Possibly fromProto-Sino-Tibetan *d(w)əj ( “ egg; testicle ” ) (Baxter and Sagart, 2014 ).Sagart (2023b) reconstructsOld Chinese tʰu[n] ~ *tʰu[r] from tentativeProto-Sino-Tibetan *tʰur Bodo (India) dəy Mizo tui Proto-Karen *ʔdejᴮ 春 chūn
春
( Cantonese , Hakka , Teochew ) egg ;roe 水蛇春 咁長 ／ 水蛇春 咁长 [Cantonese ] ― seoi2 se4 ceon1 gam3 coeng4 [Jyutping] ― extremely long or lengthy (literally, “as long as a chain of water snake eggs”)( Cantonese , vulgar ) testicle ( Cantonese , vulgar ) goddamn ,the hell 你 搞 乜 春 呀 ？[Cantonese ,trad. simp. nei5 gaau2 mat1 ceon1 aa3 ? [Jyutping] What the fuck are you doing? ( Cantonese , vulgar , always with the classifier) nothing ;damn all ;jack shit ;bugger all (Classifier :條 ／ 条 c Synonyms: 毛 鐵 / 铁 ( tit3 ) 你 識 條 春 咩 ？[Cantonese ,trad. 你 识 条 春 咩 ？[Cantonese ,simp. nei5 sik1 tiu4 ceon1 me1 ? [Jyutping] What the hell do you know? ( Cantonese , vulgar ) negates the meaning of the sentence 關 你 春 事 ！／ 关 你 春 事 ！[Cantonese ] ― gwaan1 nei5 ceon1 si6 ! [Jyutping] ― None of your damn business!Dialectal synonyms of
蛋 (“egg (of a bird or reptile)”)
[map] Variety Location Words Classical Chinese 卵 Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 蛋 卵 Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 蛋 子兒 Taiwan 蛋 Malaysia 蛋 Singapore 蛋 Jilu Mandarin Jinan 蛋 Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 蛋 Xuzhou 蛋 Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 蛋 Wuhan 蛋 Guiyang 蛋 Guilin 蛋 Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 蛋 Hefei 蛋 Cantonese Guangzhou 蛋 春 Hong Kong 蛋 春 Hong Kong(San Tin; Weitou) 春 Hong Kong(Kam Tin; Weitou) 春 Hong Kong(Ting Kok) 春 Hong Kong(Tung Ping Chau) 春 Macau 蛋 春 Guangzhou(Panyu) 春 蛋 Guangzhou(Huashan, Huadu) 蛋 Guangzhou(Zengcheng) 春 Foshan 春 蛋 Foshan(Shatou, Nanhai) 春 Foshan(Shunde) 春 Foshan(Sanshui) 春 Foshan(Mingcheng, Gaoming) 春 Zhongshan(Shiqi) 春 Zhuhai(Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 春 Zhuhai(Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 春 Zhuhai(Doumen) 蛋 Jiangmen(Baisha) 蛋 Jiangmen(Xinhui) 蛋 Taishan 蛋 Kaiping(Chikan) 蛋 Enping(Niujiang) 蛋 Heshan(Yayao) 蛋 Dongguan 春 Shenzhen(Shajing, Bao'an) 春 Yangjiang 蛋 春 Nanning 蛋 Wuzhou 蛋 Yulin 蛋 Hepu(Lianzhou) 蛋 Beihai 蛋 Beihai(Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 蛋 Beihai(Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 蛋 Fangchenggang(Fangcheng) 蛋 Sanya(Yanglan; Maihua) 子 Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) 蛋 Singapore(Guangfu) 蛋 Ho Chi Minh City(Guangfu) 蛋 Móng Cái 蛋 Gan Nanchang 蛋 Lichuan 蛋 Pingxiang 架架 Jianning 蛋 Taining 卵 Hakka Meixian 卵 春 蛋 Xingning 春 Dabu(Xihe) 春 Huizhou(Huicheng; Bendihua) 春 Huiyang 春 Dongguan(Qingxi) 春 Shenzhen(Shatoujiao) 春 Zhongshan(Nanlang Heshui) 春 Wuhua(Shuizhai) 春 Wuhua(Huacheng) 春 Wuhua(Changbu) 春 Wuhua(Mianyang) 春 Heyuan(Bendihua) 春 Wengyuan 春 Liannan 春 Guangzhou(Lütian, Conghua) 春 Jiexi 卵 Luhe 卵 Zhao'an(Xiuzhuan) 卵 Changting 蛋 Wuping 蛋 Wuping(Yanqian) 蛋 Liancheng 卵 Ninghua 蛋 Tonggu(Sandu) 蛋 Ganzhou(Panlong) 蛋 Dayu 蛋 Miaoli(N. Sixian) 卵 春 Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) 卵 春 Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) 卵 春 Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) 卵 春 Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) 卵 春 Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) 卵 Hong Kong 春 蛋 Yangxi(Tangkou) 春 Yangchun(Sanjia) 春 Xinyi(Sihe) 春 Xinyi(Qianpai) 蛋 Gaozhou(Xindong) 春 Maoming(Shalang, Dianbai) 蛋 Huazhou(Xin'an) 蛋 Lianjiang(Shijiao) 蛋 Lianjiang(Qingping) 蛋 Mengshan(Xihe) 春 Luchuan 蛋 Sabah(Longchuan) 春 Kuala Lumpur(Dabu) 春 Senai(Huiyang) 春 Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa(Hepo) 春 Singkawang 春 Jin Taiyuan 蛋 Northern Min Jian'ou 卵 Songxi 卵 Zhenghe 卵 Jianyang 卵 Wuyishan 卵 Eastern Min Fuzhou 卵 Fuzhou(Changle) 卵 Lianjiang 卵 Fuqing 卵 Pingtan 卵 Yongtai 卵 Minqing 卵 Gutian 卵 Pingnan 卵 Luoyuan 卵 Fu'an 卵 Ningde 卵 Xiapu 卵 Zherong 卵 Shouning 卵 Zhouning 卵 Fuding 卵 Matsu 卵 Southern Min Xiamen 卵 Xiamen(Tong'an) 卵 Quanzhou 卵 Jinjiang 卵 Nan'an 卵 Shishi 卵 Hui'an 卵 Anxi 卵 Yongchun 卵 Dehua 卵 Zhangzhou 卵 Zhangzhou(Longhai) 卵 Zhangzhou(Changtai) 卵 Hua'an 卵 Nanjing 卵 Pinghe 卵 Zhangpu 卵 Yunxiao 卵 Zhao'an 卵 Dongshan 卵 Taipei 卵 New Taipei(Sanxia) 卵 Kaohsiung 卵 Yilan 卵 Changhua(Lukang) 卵 Taichung 卵 Taichung(Wuqi) 卵 Tainan 卵 Taitung 卵 Hsinchu 卵 Kinmen 卵 Penghu(Magong) 卵 Penang(Hokkien) 卵 Singapore(Hokkien) 卵 Manila(Hokkien) 卵 Longyan 卵 Zhangping 卵 Datian 卵 Chaozhou 卵 Shantou 卵 Shantou(Chenghai) 卵 Jieyang 卵 Haifeng 卵 Bangkok(Teochew) 卵 Johor Bahru(Teochew) 卵 Singapore(Teochew) 卵 Leizhou 卵 Wenchang 卵 Haikou 卵 Singapore(Hainanese) 卵 Puxian Min Putian 卵 Xianyou 卵 Central Min Yong'an 卵 Sanming(Sanyuan) 卵 Sanming(Shaxian) 卵 Shaojiang Min Shaowu 卵 Guangze 卵 Jiangle 卵 Mingxi 卵 Shunchang 卵 Zhongshan Min Zhongshan(Longdu, Shaxi) 春 Wu Shanghai(Chongming) 蛋 Suzhou 蛋 Danyang 蛋 Ningbo 蛋 Wenzhou 卵 Jinhua 卵 Xiang Changsha 蛋 Shuangfeng 蛋
Dialectal synonyms of
睪丸 (“testicle”)
[map] Variety Location Words Classical Chinese 外腎 腎 Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 睪丸 精巢 Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 卵子兒 卵包子 小蛋兒 Taiwan 蛋蛋 Harbin 卵子兒 Singapore 球 Jilu Mandarin Jinan 球蛋 Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 蛋子兒 蛋 Wanrong 子 Xi'an 蛋子兒 Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 卵子 Lanzhou 脬子兒 腎 Ürümqi 脬卵子 卵子 Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 卵 卵蛋 蛋蛋 卵子 敲敲兒 Wuhan 卵子 卵蛋 卵坨 Guiyang 卵蛋 Liuzhou 卵考子 考子 Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 卵子 Yangzhou 卵蛋 卵子子 Cantonese Guangzhou 春子 Hong Kong 春 春子 春核 波子 蛋蛋 睪丸 Hong Kong(San Tin; Weitou) 核 Hong Kong(Ting Kok) 核春 Hong Kong(Tung Ping Chau) 核仁 Kaiping(Chikan) 春牯 Dongguan 春核 Hepu(Lianzhou) 卵子 Hepu(Shatian) 卵脬仁 Guiping 核子 Guiping(Mule) 𨳍卵 Pingnan 核卵 Guigang(Gangcheng) 核仔 Guigang(Pingdong) 核仁 Beihai 卵仁 Beihai(Nankang) 卵仁 Beihai(Yingpan) 卵仁 Beihai(Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 卵仁 Beihai(Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 卵核 Fangchenggang(Fangcheng) 卵核 Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) 春仔 Ho Chi Minh City(Guangfu) 卵 Móng Cái 卵核 Gan Lichuan 順子 Pingxiang 卵坨子 Hakka Meixian 核卵 Xingning 核卵 Dabu(Xihe) 核卵仁 Guangzhou(Zhengguo, Zengcheng) 核卵 Zhongshan(Wuguishan) 核卵 Wuhua(Shuizhai) 核卵 Wuhua(Huacheng) 核卵 Wuhua(Changbu) 核卵 Wuhua(Mianyang) 核卵 Jiexi 核卵 Changting 卵子 Longyan(Yongding) 核卵 Longyan(Xiayang, Yongding) 核卵仁 Longyan(Gaobei, Yongding) 核卵 Longyan(Hukeng, Yongding) 核卵 Wuping(Zhongshan) 核卵 Liancheng(Peitian) 卵子 Liancheng(Juxi) 核卵 Liancheng(Zhongbao) 核卵 Liancheng(Laiyuan) 核卵 Yudu 卵子 Miaoli(N. Sixian) 核卵 Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) 核卵 Pingtung(Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 核卵 Kaohsiung(Meinong; S. Sixian) 核卵仁 Kaohsiung(Shanlin; S. Sixian) 核卵仔 Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) 核卵 Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) 核卵 Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) 核卵 Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) 核卵 Hong Kong 核卵 Sabah(Longchuan) 核卵 Kuala Lumpur(Dabu) 核卵仁 Senai(Huiyang) 核 Singkawang 核卵 Bangkok(Meixian) 核卵 Bangkok(Fengshun) 核卵 Huizhou Jixi 卵子 Jin Pingyao 堆兒 蛋 Xinzhou 蛋籽子 Eastern Min Fuzhou 𡳞核子 𡳞核 Fuzhou(Changle) 𡳞核子 Fuqing 𡳞核子 Yongtai 𡳞脬子 Gutian 𡳞核子 Fu'an 𡳞脬子 Ningde 𡳞脬子 Shouning 𡳞脬子 Zhouning 尿脬子 Fuding 卵脬子 Southern Min Xiamen 𡳞核 腎子 Quanzhou 𡳞核 腎子 Jinjiang 𡳞核 Yongchun 𡳞核 𡳞核子 Zhangzhou 𡳞核 腎子 Zhao'an 𡳞核 Taipei 𡳞核 Taipei(Wanhua) 𡳞脬核仔 New Taipei(Tamsui) 𡳞核 New Taipei(Sanxia) 𡳞核 New Taipei(Pingxi) 𡳞核 Kaohsiung 𡳞核 𡳞核仔 Kaohsiung(Cijin) 𡳞核仔 𡳞核 Kaohsiung(Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 𡳞核 Kaohsiung(Dalinpu, Siaogang) 𡳞核 Kaohsiung(Tianliao) 𡳞核 Yilan 𡳞核 Yilan(Toucheng) 𡳞核仔 Changhua(Lukang) 𡳞核 𡳞核仔 Taichung 𡳞核仔 Taichung(Wuqi) 𡳞核 Tainan 𡳞核 𡳞核仔 腎子 Tainan(Anping) 𡳞核 Taitung 𡳞核仔 Hsinchu 𡳞核 𡳞核仔 Kinmen 𡳞核 Penghu(Magong) 𡳞核 Penghu(Xiyu) 𡳞核 Penang(Hokkien) 𡳞核 核 𡳞脬子 Singapore(Hokkien) 𡳞核 腎子 𡳞脬子 Manila(Hokkien) 𡳞核 Chaozhou 核 Shantou 𡳞核 Shantou(Chenghai) 𡳞核 Nan'ao(Houzhai) 𡳞核 Nan'ao(Yun'ao) 𡳞核 Jieyang 𡳞核 𡳞仁 Haifeng 𡳞脬核 Bangkok(Teochew) 𡳞核 Leizhou 𡳞脬子 𡳞脬核 核子 Wenchang 𡳞仁 Haikou 𡳞脬仁 Puxian Min Putian 𡳞核 Putian(Donghai, Chengxiang) 𡳞核 Xianyou 𡳞核 Central Min Sanming(Sanyuan) 石核 Sanming(Shaxian) 尿脬核 Shaojiang Min Mingxi 腎肚子 Southern Pinghua Nanning(Tingzi) 卵子 Wu Shanghai 卵子 Suzhou 卵子 Danyang 卵脬黃 卵子黃 Hangzhou 卵子 Ningbo 卵黃 卵袋黃 Wenzhou 卵子 卵袋子 陰袋子 Jinhua 老核子 Jinhua(Tangxi) 卵核 Xiang Loudi 考子 卵子 Hengyang 睪子
春
(Second grade kyōiku kanji )
/paru/ →/ɸaru/ →/haru/
FromOld Japanese
春( はる ) • (haru
thespring ( season ) Synonyms: 春季 ( shunki ) ,春期 ( shunki ) ( by extension ) New Year adolescence ,youth aheyday of one’slife atime ofhappiness after a long period ofdifficulty ( slang , euphemistic ) sexual intercourse 春( はる ) をひさぐharu o hisagu ―to engage in prostitution ( literally, “to sellsex ” ) Seasons in Japanese ·四( し ) 季( き ) ( shiki “ four seasons ” ) (layout ·text ) category 春( はる ) ( haru “ spring ” ) 春( しゅん ) 季( き ) ( shunki “ spring ” ) 春( しゅん ) 期( き ) ( shunki “ springperiod ” ) 夏( なつ ) ( natsu “ summer ” ) 夏( か ) 季( き ) ( kaki “ summer ” ) 夏( か ) 期( き ) ( kaki “ summer period ” ) 秋( あき ) ( aki “ fall ;autumn ” ) 秋( しゅう ) 季( き ) ( shūki “ fall; autumn ” ) 秋( しゅう ) 期( き ) ( shūki “ fall period ” ) 冬( ふゆ ) ( fuyu “ winter ” ) 冬( とう ) 季( き ) ( tōki “ winter ” ) 冬( とう ) 期( き ) ( tōki “ winter period ” )
FromMiddle Chinese 春 MC
春( しゅん ) • (shun ←しゆん ( syun ) ?
spring ( season ) New Year life ,vitality lust ,passion months andyears FromMiddle Chinese 春 MC
Historical readings Dongguk Jeongun reading Dongguk Jeongun , 1448츈 (Yale :chyùn )Middle Korean Text Eumhun Gloss (hun ) Reading Hunmong Jahoe , 1527[4] 봄〮 Yale :pwóm )츈 Yale :chyùn )
春 (eumhun 봄 춘 ( bom chun ) )
Hanja form? 춘 ( “ spring ( season ) ” ) .[affix] 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary,전자사전／電子字典 .[5] 春
(Second grade kyōiku kanji )
/ɸaru/ →/haru/
Shift fromfaru below.
Cognate with mainlandJapanese 春 ( haru ) .
春( はる ) haru )
thespring ( season ) (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
春( ふぁる ) faru )
( archaic ) spring ( season ) FromProto-Japonic *paru (this (+ ) etymology besourced ?)
春 (paru ) (kana はる
thespring ( season ) 春霞 ( parukasumi1 ) 春日 ( parupi1 ) 初春 ( patuparu ) 春 :Hán Việt xuân 樞 ( xu ) 倫 ( luân ) 切 ( thiết ) [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] 春 :Nôm xuân [ 1] [ 2] [ 5] [ 4] [ 6] [ 7] xoan [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 7]
chữ Hán form ofxuân ( “ spring ( season ) ” ) 
