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Hanja of Seasons

10 characters

East Asia measured time in four seasons (四季). 10 hanja capturing spring-summer-autumn-winter and the 24 solar terms — flowing with Korean agrarian culture and the moods of classical poetry.

春
춘 봄

Where grass (艸) meets sunlight (日) — the season of emergence.

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夏
하 여름

A great figure with head and limbs — the fullness of summer.

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秋
추 가을

Grain (禾) + fire (火) — the season when crops ripen in sunlight.

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冬
동 겨울

Ice (冫) + a knot (夂) — the season that ties the year's final knot.

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雪
설 눈

Rain (雨) + a sweeping hand (彗) — powder falling from the sky.

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雨
우 비

Drops falling from a cloud (冂) — rain depicted as itself.

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風
풍 바람

Sail (凡) + insect (虫) — wind that moves all living things.

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花
화 꽃

Grass (艸) + transform (化) — grass that has been transformed.

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葉
엽 잎

Grass (艸) + age (世) + tree (木) — one generation of leaves marks one era.

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霜
상 서리

Rain (雨) + meeting (相) — moisture that meets and hardens at dawn.

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