初春

Chinese

initial; first; beginning
initial; first; beginning; junior; basic
 
spring (time); gay; joyful
spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
 
simp. and trad.
(初春) 		初 春

Pronunciation

Noun

初春

  1. early spring

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (初春):
  • → Japanese: 初(しょ)春(しゅん) (shoshun)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
初 春
はつ
Grade: 4 		はる
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese.

From 初 (hatsu-, “beginning, start”) +‎ 春 (haru, “spring”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) はつはる [hàtsúhárú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠t͡sɨha̠ɾɯ̟]

Noun

初(はつ)春(はる) • (hatsuharu) 

  1. early spring
Derived terms
  • 初(はつ)春(はる)狂(きょう)言(げん) (hatsuharu kyōgen)
  • 初(はつ)春(はる)月(づき) (hatsuharuzuki)

Proper noun

初(はつ)春(はる) • (Hatsuharu) 

  1. a female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
初 春
しょ
Grade: 4 		しゅん
Grade: 2
kan'on

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 初春 (MC tsrhjo tsyhwin).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょしゅん [shòshúń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ɕɨ̃ɴ]

Noun

初(しょ)春(しゅん) • (shoshun) 

  1. early spring
  2. the first month in the lunar calendar
    Synonyms: 早春 (sōshun), 孟春 (mōshun)
See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
初春

Noun

初春 • (chochun) (hangeul 초춘)

  1. hanja form? of 초춘 (“early spring”)

Old Japanese

Etymology

From 初 (patu-, “beginning, start”) +‎ 春 (paru, “spring”).

Noun

初春 (patuparu) (kana はつはる)

  1. early spring

Descendants

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