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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūchūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄔㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ ceon¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūchūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄔㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuchun
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-chʻun¹
    • Yale: chū-chwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuchuen
    • Palladius: чучунь (čučunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ ceon¹
    • Yale: chō chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/

Noun

初春

1. early spring

Synonyms

• 早春 (zǎochūn)
• 新春 (xīnchūn)
• (Teochew) 春頭／春头

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (初春):

• → Japanese: 初(しょ)春(しゅん) (shoshun)
• → Korean: 초춘(初春) (chochun)

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])
• 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])
• 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

• 仲(ちゅう)春(しゅん) (chūshun, “mid-spring”)
• 晩(ばん)春(しゅん) (banshun, “late spring”)

References

• “初春”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

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.

Descendants

• Japanese: 初春 (hatsuharu)