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冬 is the word/character used to describe the Winter season in Chinese and Japanese.
It also means winter in Korean Hanja, though a second character is usually added in Korean.
春夏秋冬 is one way to express “The Four Seasons “ or “All Year Round “.
The characters here represent Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall), and Winter.
You must know hardship to appreciate happiness
This literally translates as: Without having experienced the cold of winter, one cannot appreciate the warmth of spring.
Figuratively, this means: One cannot truly appreciate happiness without having gone through hardship.
There are many contrasts in life. One simply cannot fully know what joy is without having experienced misery, difficulty, and pain. How could you explain “light” if you did not have “darkness” to compare it to?
Embrace hardship, as it makes the good times seem even better.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 冬 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
冬 see styles |
dōng dong1 tung fuyu ふゆ |
More info & calligraphy: Winter Season(n,adv) winter; (female given name) Fuyu hima; hemanta; winter. |
春夏秋冬 see styles |
chūn xià qiū dōng chun1 xia4 qiu1 dong1 ch`un hsia ch`iu tung chun hsia chiu tung shunkashuutou / shunkashuto しゅんかしゅうとう |
More info & calligraphy: The Four Seasons(n,adv) (yoji) spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons; (personal name) Hitotose |
鼕 冬 see styles |
dōng dong1 tung |
(onom.) beating a drum; rat-a-tat See: 冬 |
丁冬 see styles |
dīng dōng ding1 dong1 ting tung teitou / teto ていとう |
(onom.) ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound (given name) Teitou |
万冬 see styles |
mafuyu まふゆ |
(female given name) Mafuyu |
三冬 see styles |
santou / santo さんとう |
three winter months; (female given name) Mifuyu |
上冬 see styles |
joutou / joto じょうとう |
(obsolete) (rare) (See 孟冬,神無月) tenth month of the lunar calendar |
中冬 see styles |
chuutou / chuto ちゅうとう |
(obsolete) eleventh month of the lunar calendar |
乙冬 see styles |
oto おと |
(female given name) Oto |
于冬 see styles |
utou / uto うとう |
(personal name) Utou |
今冬 see styles |
kontou / konto こんとう |
(n,adv) this winter; next winter; last winter |
仲冬 see styles |
chuutou / chuto ちゅうとう |
(obsolete) eleventh month of the lunar calendar |
佳冬 see styles |
jiā dōng jia1 dong1 chia tung |
Chiatung township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan |
俊冬 see styles |
toshifuyu としふゆ |
(given name) Toshifuyu |
光冬 see styles |
mifuyu みふゆ |
(female given name) Mifuyu |
六冬 see styles |
mutou / muto むとう |
(given name) Mutou |
冬一 see styles |
fuyuichi ふゆいち |
(given name) Fuyuichi |
冬三 see styles |
fuyuzou / fuyuzo ふゆぞう |
(given name) Fuyuzou |
冬乃 see styles |
fuyuno ふゆの |
(female given name) Fuyuno |
冬也 see styles |
touya / toya とうや |
(personal name) Touya |
冬二 see styles |
fuyuji ふゆじ |
(given name) Fuyuji |
冬井 see styles |
fuyui ふゆい |
(surname) Fuyui |
冬人 see styles |
fuyuto ふゆと |
(given name) Fuyuto |
冬介 see styles |
tousuke / tosuke とうすけ |
(personal name) Tousuke |
冬令 see styles |
dōng lìng dong1 ling4 tung ling |
winter; winter climate |
冬似 see styles |
buyuni ぶゆに |
(place-name) Buyuni |
冬作 see styles |
fuyusaku ふゆさく |
winter crop |
冬佳 see styles |
fuyuka ふゆか |
(female given name) Fuyuka |
冬優 see styles |
fuyu ふゆ |
(female given name) Fuyu |
冬児 see styles |
fuyuji ふゆじ |
(given name) Fuyuji |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Winter Season | 冬 | fuyu | dōng / dong1 / dong | tung |
Tonia | 冬妮婭 冬妮娅 | dōng nī yà dong1 ni1 ya4 dong ni ya dongniya | tung ni ya tungniya |
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The Four Seasons | 春夏秋冬 | shunkashuutou shunkashuto | chūn xià qiū dōng chun1 xia4 qiu1 dong1 chun xia qiu dong chunxiaqiudong | ch`un hsia ch`iu tung chunhsiachiutung chun hsia chiu tung |
You must endure a harsh winter to appreciate the warmth of springtime | 不經冬寒不知春暖 不经冬寒不知春暖 | bù jīng dōng hán bù zhī chūn nuǎn bu4 jing1 dong1 han2 bu4 zhi1 chun1 nuan3 bu jing dong han bu zhi chun nuan | pu ching tung han pu chih ch`un nuan pu ching tung han pu chih chun nuan |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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