ChiramiN4 kanji · 9 strokes
春 means spring
春
三 three · 人 people · 日 sun
春Memory trick
Three (三) people (人) out under the sun (日): spring.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- springtime, spring (season)
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) はる haru
はる (haru) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
From Chinese (onyomi) シュン shun
シュン (shun) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
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Common word
春休み はるやすみ · haruyasumi
spring break, spring vacation
Built from
- 一 one
- 二 two
- 大 large
- 人 person
- 日 sun, day
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大 Used in 100 kanji
See all 8 at N5 and N4人 Used in 65 kanji
See all 5 at N5 and N4Quick check
What does 春 mean?
Right: 春 means spring.Not quite: 春 means spring.In 春休み, which reading does 春 use?
Right. 春休み is read はるやすみ (haruyasumi): 春 takes はる, its Japanese reading.Not quite. 春休み is read はるやすみ (haruyasumi): 春 takes はる, its Japanese reading.