春画

See also: 春畫

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 春画 – see 春畫 (“erotic art, erotica, pornography”). (This term is the simplified form of 春畫).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
春	画
しゅん Grade: 2	が Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
春畫 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 春 (t͡ʃʰwin "spring", by extension "sexual", "erotic") + 畫 (hwɛ̀ "painting").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕɨ̃ᵝŋɡa̠]

Noun

春(しゅん)画(が) • (shunga) 

1. pornographic painting; shunga

Descendants

• English: shunga