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Kanji Detail for 春 - "spring, youth, renewal"

  • Meaning

    春 means "spring, youth, renewal."

    1. Spring - The season of new growth.

    2. Youth - The time of life when one is young.

    3. New Year - The beginning of the year.

    4. Desire - Romantic or sensual feelings.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    springtime; spring (season)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    spring; wanton

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 春[chun1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    springtime; joyful, lustful, wanton

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    One of the four seasons. From Lichun (February 4 or 5 in the solar calendar) to Lixia (May 6 or 7) is spring. In Chinese custom, the first, second, and third months of the lunar calendar are spring. In Western custom, March, April, and May are spring. | Spring is the first of the four seasons. All things have an appearance of flourishing vitality. Hence, the prime of youth is called 青春. Lively spirits are called 春氣. A doctor curing illness is called 妙手回春 (skillful hands bringing back spring). | A wine name. Tang dynasty people often called wine 春. Such as 玉壼買春 (buying wine in a jade pot). | From "Rites of Zhou": "In mid-spring, command the meeting of men and women." Hence mid-spring was the season for marriage. Thus a woman longing to marry is said to 懷春.
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Sentences including

  • Many beautiful flowers bloom in spring.

  • These flowers bloom in spring.

  • He entered tokyo university this spring.

  • I feel spring in the air.

  • Spring comes between winter and summer.

  • Spring will soon come.

  • Spring is around the corner.

  • Spring was long coming that year.

  • Spring is the best season to visit kyoto.

  • In spring days are not always warm.

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