JLPT N4 · 9 strokes
Kanji 春: "springtime, spring (season)"
The kanji 春 means "springtime, spring (season)". It is written with 9 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N4, read シュン in on'yomi and はる in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シュン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はる
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | springtime, spring (season) |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 9 |
| JLPT level | N4 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 2 |
| Frequency rank | 579 of 2,501 |
Common words with 春
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 春spring; springtime · New Year
- 青春youth; adolescence; springtime of life
- 思春期puberty; adolescence
- 春休みspring break; spring vacation
- 春日spring day · spring sun; spring sunlight
- 春先beginning of spring
- 春風spring breeze
- 小春10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn; late fall
- 売春prostitution
- 初春early spring; beginning of spring · first month of the lunar calendar
- 青春時代one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life
- 春の日day of spring · spring sun
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