Read Edit View history Discussion 春 chūn HSK2 spring Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally written as 萅. Depicts the season when the sun (日) comes out and plants (艹, 屯) grow. 屯 also represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas chūn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 春 Simp strokes 春 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a recently germinated plant. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 春 Simp strokes 春 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 春 Simp strokes 春 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 春 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 317, 690 ], [ 326, 685 ], [ 392, 683 ], [ 632, 731 ], [ 687, 732 ] ], [ [ 302, 572 ], [ 343, 565 ], [ 397, 568 ], [ 491, 582 ], [ 625, 615 ], [ 668, 612 ] ], [ [ 119, 429 ], [ 143, 418 ], [ 195, 417 ], [ 368, 451 ], [ 773, 506 ], [ 809, 504 ], [ 868, 485 ] ], [ [ 455, 830 ], [ 481, 809 ], [ 495, 787 ], [ 494, 777 ], [ 460, 589 ], [ 432, 497 ], [ 410, 448 ], [ 340, 337 ], [ 284, 278 ], [ 246, 244 ], [ 195, 211 ], [ 112, 171 ] ], [ [ 566, 452 ], [ 593, 444 ], [ 725, 326 ], [ 796, 278 ], [ 867, 263 ], [ 984, 251 ] ], [ [ 337, 290 ], [ 357, 277 ], [ 371, 250 ], [ 374, 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