春

Alternative forms
There are minor differences in where the last stroke of the top component (top-left to bottom-right diagonal) starts – on the second horizontal stroke or on the third.

Usage notes

 * This character is not to be confused with  which is visually similar but unrelated.

Glyph origin
Originally. Later and  merged into.

The character 春 itself is probably a variant of as they are equivalent for the meaning “spring” in Old Chinese literature.

Etymology 1
relates it to ; he also compares it 🇨🇬, as well as (ibid.).

relates it to a vulgar (i.e. ignoble and popular) word which means "egg", which lacked a, whose modern reflexes are 🇨🇬,  🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬 ; and for which he further reconstructs 🇨🇬 *tʰu[n] ~ *tʰu[r]. He further relates OC *tʰu[n] ~ *tʰu[r] to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, from tentative 🇨🇬, (STEDT, however, reconstructs 🇨🇬) and notes a connection between "eggs" and Chinese new year season, as birds generally nest and lay eggs in the warmer months in the north.

Definitions

 * 1) spring
 * 2)  year; age
 * 3) spring scenery
 * 4) vitality; liveliness; energy; life
 * 5) love; lust
 * 6) a type of alcoholic drink which is fermented from spring to winter
 * 1) spring scenery
 * 2) vitality; liveliness; energy; life
 * 3) love; lust
 * 4) a type of alcoholic drink which is fermented from spring to winter
 * 1) a type of alcoholic drink which is fermented from spring to winter
 * 1) a type of alcoholic drink which is fermented from spring to winter
 * 1) a type of alcoholic drink which is fermented from spring to winter
 * 1) a type of alcoholic drink which is fermented from spring to winter

Usage notes
In Chinese culture, upside-down is often used on CNY decorations and symbolizes the arrival of spring after a homophonic pun:  =.

Etymology 2
Possibly from. reconstructs *tʰu[n] ~ *tʰu[r] from tentative, some of whose other descendants are 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, etc.; he also relates it to  "springtime" after noting a connection between eggs and Chinese new year season, as birds generally nest and lay eggs in the warmer months in the north (ibid.).

Definitions

 * 1)  egg; roe
 * 2)  testicle
 * 3)  goddamn, the hell
 * 4)  nothing; damn all; jack shit; bugger all
 * 1)  nothing; damn all; jack shit; bugger all
 * 1)  nothing; damn all; jack shit; bugger all

Etymology 1
→ →

From.

Noun

 * 1) the spring
 * 2)  the New Year
 * 3) adolescence, youth
 * 4) a heyday of one’s life
 * 5) a time of happiness after a long period of difficulty
 * 6)  sexual intercourse
 * 1)  sexual intercourse

Etymology 2
From.

Affix

 * 1) spring
 * 2) New Year
 * 3) life, vitality
 * 4) lust, passion
 * 5) months and years

Etymology
From.

Etymology 1
→

Shift from faru below.

Cognate with mainland 🇨🇬.

Pronunciation

 * は ( - [0])

Noun

 * 1) the spring

Pronunciation

 * ふぁ ( - [0])

Noun

 * 1)  the spring

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) the spring