春雨

Chinese
 
spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
 rain
simp. and trad.
(春雨)		 春 雨

Pronunciation

Noun

春雨

  1. (literally) spring rain
  2. (literary, figuratively) gift from above; favour bestowed by a superior

Derived terms
  • 春雨如油
  • 春雨秋霜
  • 春雨貴如油／春雨贵如油
  • 杏花春雨

Japanese

Etymology 1
春雨 (harusame): cooked cellophane noodles, showing the typical translucent quality.
Kanji in this term
春 雨
はる
Grade: 2		 さめ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

/parusame/ → /ɸarusame/ → /harusame/

Compound of 春 (haru, “spring”) +‎ 雨 (ame, “rain”).[1][2] The medial -s- may represent epenthesis between two vowels, or it may be cognate with Korean interfix -ᄉ- (-s-) used to mark possession, much like English 's. See also 小雨 (kosame, “drizzle”) and 稲 (shine, “rice”).

Pronunciation

Noun

春雨 (hiragana はるさめ, rōmaji harusame)

  1. spring rain
  2. cellophane noodle, glass noodle – a type of transparent Asian noodle made from starch (such as mung bean starch, potato or canna starch), and water.

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
春 雨
しゅん
Grade: 2		 う
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Borrowing from Middle Chinese 春雨 (MC t͡ɕʰiuɪn ɦɨoX, “spring + rain”).

Pronunciation

Noun

春雨 (hiragana しゅんう, rōmaji shun'u)

  1. spring rain

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
春雨

Noun

春雨 • (chunu) (hangeul 춘우)

  1. Hanja form? of 춘우 (“spring rain”).
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