The kanji 春 represents "spring" or "springtime." It embodies the ideas of renewal, growth, and the blossoming of life after winter. It signifies a season of warmth, the awakening of nature, and the start of new beginnings. It also evokes feelings of hope and freshness.

・On-yomi (音読み): シュン (shun) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): はる (haru)

⚫︎ 春休み Translation: Spring break ⚫︎ 春日 Translation: Spring day; springtime ⚫︎ 青春 Translation: Youth; springtime of life

The kanji 春 is a pictophonetic character (形声文字, けいせいいもじ). The character combines the sun radical (日, ひ - meaning "sun") and the character for "thousand" (千, せん). The sun radical suggests warmth and light, essential elements of spring. The "thousand" part originally may have been intended to suggest "stretching" or "growing," describing the growth of new life. Over time, the form evolved to its current shape, but its core meaning remained rooted in the concept of the spring season.