春 chūn spring
spring; youth
How to remember 春: 三 three + 人 person + 日 sun = spring. Three kids and one old person sit on a park bench, faces turned to the first warm sun of spring.
Component breakdown
春 = 𡗗 + 日 sun
- 𡗗
- 三 three
- 人 person
- 日 sun
Three kids and one old person sit on a park bench, faces turned to the first warm sun of spring.
How it came to be
Grass pushing up on both sides with a shoot straining against the ground, and the sun underneath it all. Everything in the drawing is trying to get out from under something.
How it is used
- Spring (season) - 春天 (chūntiān) / 春季 (chūnjì) spring; 春节 (Chūnjié) is Spring Festival / Chinese New Year.
- Metaphor for youth and vitality: 青春 (qīngchūn) youth, 青春期 (qīngchūnqī) puberty.
- 新春 (xīnchūn) 'new spring' is a warm greeting phrase around the Lunar New Year.
Characters built with 春
Words with 春
Example sentences
- 春天来了。 Chūntiān lái le.Spring has come.