春 chūn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
春季
chūnjì
spring
Characters in this word
季 jì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 子 son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 春季来了。 Chūn jì lái le. Spring has come.
- 春季很暖和。 Chūn jì hěn nuǎn huo. Spring is very warm.
- 我喜欢春季。 Wǒ xǐ huan chūn jì. I enjoy spring.