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.

The sunSemantic

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

游春

yóu chūn

to go for a trip in spring

鄂伦春

è lún chūn

Oroqen or Orochon (ethnic group)

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

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]

长春市

cháng chūn shì

Changchun, sub-provincial city and capital of Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]

开春

kāi chūn

beginning of spring

阳春

yáng chūn

see 陽春市|阳春市[Yang2 chun1 Shi4]

阳春型

yáng chūn xíng

entry-level (car, device etc) (Tw)

阳春市

yáng chūn shì

Yangchun, a county-level city in Yangjiang City 陽江市|阳江市[Yang2 jiang1 Shi4], Guangdong

阳春白雪

yáng chūn bái xuě

melodies of the elite in the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]

More characters with 日