
甲骨文“春”字,左边的上下是草木,中间是日,表示温暖的阳光滋润草木生长;右边的实际上是“屯”的甲骨文,表示春天到了,种子破土发芽。金文和小篆构字部件位置发生了变化。“春”本义是草木的种子生根发芽,后引申至以“春”作为一年四季的第一季名。
TheoraclebonescriptformoftheChinesecharacter“春”(chūn)showsthatthetopandbottompartsontheleftsiderepresentgrassandtrees,respectively,withthe“日”(rì)symbolinthecenter,signifyingthewarmthofthesunnourishingplantgrowth.Itsrightsideisderivedfromtheoraclebonescriptformof“屯”(tún),symbolizingthearrivalofspringandthesproutingofseeds.Later,initsbronzeandsmallsealforms,thearrangementofallthecomponentswasaltered.Initially,thecharacter“春”referredtotherootingandsproutingofseeds,andgraduallycametorepresentthefirstseasonofayear.(文字翻译童林张蕊)