春秋

春秋

1. (literally) spring and autumn
2. (metonymically) the four seasons
3. (figuratively) a year's time; year
4. (figuratively) person's age
5. (figuratively) time (as a general concept)
6. (figuratively) annal; chronicle of events by year

春秋

1. the Spring and Autumn Annals, the chronicle of the Chinese state of Lu
2. the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC)

• (Spring and Autumn Annals): 麟經／麟经 (Línjīng), 麟史 (Línshǐ)

From Middle Chinese compound 春秋 (tsyhwin tshjuw, literally “spring and autumn”). The kan'on, so probably a shift in reading after initial borrowing.

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) しゅんじゅう [shùńjúú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) しゅ​んじゅう [shúꜜǹjùù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕɨ̃ᵝɲ̟d͡ʑɨᵝː]

春秋 (hiragana しゅんじゅう, rōmaji shunjū)

1. spring and autumn
2. (metonymically) a year; (by extension) one's age

春秋 (hiragana しゅんじゅう, rōmaji Shunjū)

1. the Spring and Autumn Annals, the chronicles of the ancient State of Lu

Compound of 春 (haru, “spring”) +‎ 秋 (aki, “autumn”).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) は​るあき [háꜜrùàkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠ɾɯ̟ᵝa̠kʲi]

春秋 (hiragana はるあき, rōmaji haruaki)

1. spring and autumn
2. (metonymically) a year; (by extension) one's age
   • 1212, Kamo no Chōmei, Hōjōki (The Ten-Foot Square Hut)

     四十あまりの春秋をおくれる間に

     よんじゅう あまり の はるあき を おくれる あいだ に

     yonjū amari no haruaki o okureru aida ni

     during the course of living some forty-odd years