What is the Kanji for "Spring"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Spring", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Spring" is "春".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Haru".

Its onyomi reading is "Shun".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "日" means "Day" and "Sun" and can be read as "Jitsu", "Nichi", "Hi", and "Ka". And The radical "𡗗" means "Folded hands" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "春" mean in japanese?

"春" means "Spring".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Second Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N4 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

春: "Spring". The Japanese noun '春 (はる)' refers to the season of spring. Spring is one of the four seasons and is associated with new growth, blooming flowers, and warmer weather. Example sentences: Spring is my favorite season - (春は私の好きな季節です). The cherry blossoms bloom in the spring - (春には桜の花が咲きます).

青春: "Youth". The noun '青春 (せいしゅん)' refers to the period of time in a person's life when they are young, full of energy, and experiencing new things. It is often associated with idealism, passion, and the pursuit of personal growth. 青春 can be used to describe the vibrant and carefree period of adolescence and early adulthood. For example: The memories of my youth are precious to me - (私の青春の思い出は大切です). She is still in the bloom of her youth - (彼女はまだ青春の真っ盛りです).

春分: "Equinox". The Japanese noun '春分 (しゅんぶん)' refers to the equinox, which is one of the two points during the year when the length of day and night are equal. The spring equinox occurs around March 21st in the northern hemisphere. For example: The spring equinox is on March 21st - (春分は3月21日です).

春夏秋冬: "Four seasons". The Japanese noun '春夏秋冬 (しゅんかしゅうとう)' refers to the four seasons of the year: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. This term is often used to represent the cyclic nature of the seasons and the changing of the natural world throughout the year. For example: The four seasons in Japan are beautiful - (日本の春夏秋冬は美しい). Experiencing the four seasons is one of the joys of living in Japan - (春夏秋冬を感じられるのは日本に住む喜びの一つだ).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "し" is read as "shi". The hiragana "ん" is read as "n". The hiragana "は" is read as "ha". And The hiragana "る" is read as "ru".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.