Kanji of the Week
Kanji Rule (7): The Chinese Invented Kanji
The Chinese made kanji characters by observing their culture. If you look at the kanji, you can see the lifestyle of the Chinese.
- Meaning
spring
- Reading
On-reading: shun
Kun-reading: haru
- Mnemonics
China has had a cold winter. People are looking forward to the coming of spring. A warm sun rises in spring. People go out to enjoy the sun. The bottom part of the character is "sun." The top part is the character for "three people."
Click here to learn more about this kanji character. Click here to learn how to write the four seasons in hiragana.
