Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

579 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: springtime, spring (season)

Kunyomi: はる

Onyomi: シュン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: sun, day

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

分の日(しゅんぶんのひ)   vernal equinox

(せいしゅん)   springtime of life

(りっしゅん)   1st day of spring

(はる)   spring

Onyomi Examples

シュンジュウ spring and autumn, spring and fall, years, age, The Spring and Autumn Annals, The Chronicles of Lu, Chunqiu, Ch'un Ch'iu

シュンキ spring season

サクシュン last spring, the spring of last year

バイシュン prostitution

Kunyomi Examples

はる spring, springtime, New Year, prime (of life), height (of one's prosperity), heyday, adolescence, puberty, sexuality, sexual desire

しゅんじゅう spring and autumn, spring and fall, years, age, The Spring and Autumn Annals, The Chronicles of Lu, Chunqiu, Ch'un Ch'iu

こはる 10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November), late autumn, late fall

行く ゆくはる the fading of spring