初春

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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

Noun

初(はつ)春(はる) • (hatsuharu) 

  1. early spring
Derived terms

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

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
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 20, poem 4516:
      , text here
      新年乃始乃波都波流能家布敷流由伎能伊夜之家餘其騰
      aratasiki1 to2si no2 pazime2 no2 patuparu no2 ke1pu puru yuki1 no2 iya sike1 yo2go2to2
      Today in early spring of the new year brings more and more blessings by the falling snow.

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