春菜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
春	菜
はる Grade: 2	な Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 春 (haru, “springtime”) +‎ 菜 (na, “vegetables”).

Noun

春(はる)菜(な) • (haruna) 

1. spring greens; edible young plants that are harvestable during the springtime, i.e. rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed.

Proper noun

春(はる)菜(な) • (Haruna) 

1. a surname
2. a female given name

Coordinate terms

• 夏菜(なつな) (natsuna): summer greens
• 秋菜(あきな) (akina): autumn greens
• 冬菜(ふゆな) (fuyuna): winter greens; root vegetables, etc.

See also

• 春菜 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Spring greens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia