"春" (shun, or haru). It is translated as spring.
This character is written by Kanzi, Seal script.
Regular script please look this one.
Etymology : Phono-semantic compound
「萅」simplified form.
semantic 艸 (grass) + 日 (sun) + phonetic 屯 (village)
Weather piles up in the underground.
And the state that the trees and plants grow from there is expressed.The beautiful season when throbbing pulse of the life is felt most.
"夢" (mu, or yume). It is translated as dream.
This character is written by Kanzi, Regular script.
Etymology : change of the source
Word derivation 寝 (sleep) + 目 (eyes)
The pronunciation (i) + (me)
It changed in "yume" in the Heian era about 1000 years ago.
Various dreams...
There will be the dream to come true in the future by all means.
We believe it. Of course as for the children.
In the Far East, the carp is an auspicious fish.
They had continued swimming the festival history more than 1000 years.
Many wishes to the happiness are displayed here.
Now, I am seeing wind.
The carp streamers (Koinobori) are swimming in the deep blue firmament.
Time, Space, Existence, Eternally.. Stream of Universe...
Oriental spirit had carefully treated all element of the universe for several thousand years.
We might know it in subconscious awareness.
Till now, and for everlasting...
"風" (fū, or kaze). It is translated as wind.
This character is written by Kanzi, Seal script.
Etymology : Phono-semantic compound
phonetic 凡 (all) + semantic 虫 (insect)
The ancient people thought that all living entities appeared with wind.
Eternal fate.
Born in the wind, Gone in the wind...