春
Spell out: + =
spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #418 U+6625
How 春 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
sun
How to remember it
springtime · Heisig RSH #1230
bonsai + sun
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 春 as their sound component
These characters all use 春 (chūn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 春 sound component | chūn | springtime; joyful, lustful, wanton |
| 蠢 | chǔn | to wriggle; stupid, silly, fat |
| 椿 | chūn | Chinese toon tree; father (poetic) |
| 蝽 | chūn | bedbug |
Words containing 春
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人生一世，草木一春 | rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn | Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence |
| 长春市 | Cháng chūn Shì | Changchun, sub-provincial city and capital of Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] |
| 春风一度 | chūn fēng yī dù | to have sexual intercourse (once) |
| 春风和气 | chūn fēng hé qì | (idiom) amiable as a spring breeze |
| 阳春市 | Yáng chūn Shì | Yangchun, a county-level city in Yangjiang City 陽江市|阳江市[Yang2 jiang1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 春分点 | chūn fēn diǎn | the spring equinox |
| 春风得意 | chūn fēng dé yì | flushed with success; proud of one's success (in exams, promotion etc); as pleased as punc… |
| 阳春面 | yáng chūn miàn | plain noodles in broth |
| 报春花 | bào chūn huā | primrose (Primula malacoides) |
| 春水 | chūn shuǐ | (literary) the water in rivers, lakes etc during spring, esp. after snowmelt or spring rai… |
| 春心 | chūn xīn | amorous feelings; stirrings of love |
| 春风满面 | chūn fēng mǎn miàn | see 滿面春風|满面春风[man3 mian4 chun1 feng1] |
| 满面春风 | mǎn miàn chūn fēng | (idiom) radiant with happiness; beaming |
| 春天 | chūn tiān | spring (season); CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 小春 | xiǎo chūn | 10th month of the lunar calendar; Indian summer; crops sown in late autumn |
| 春化 | chūn huà | (agriculture) vernalization |
| 着手成春 | zhuó shǒu chéng chūn | lit. set out and it becomes spring (idiom); to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation… |
| 春分 | Chūn fēn | Chunfen or Spring Equinox, 4th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st March-4th April |
| 发春 | fā chūn | in heat |
| 长春 | Cháng chūn | see 長春市|长春市[Chang2 chun1 Shi4] |