しゅん
春
しょう
宵
いっ
一
こく
刻
あたい
値
せん
千
きん
金

expression

Proverb.
  1. a moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しゅん
春
しょう
宵
いっ
一
こく
刻
あたい
値
せん
千
きん
金
 春宵一刻値千金 しゅんしょういっこくあたいせんきん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

springtime, spring (season)
はる　シュン　かす (2nd, N4)
folded hands
three
サン　み　みっ.つ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
wee hours, evening, early night
よい　ショウ (9th, N1)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン　メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
resemblance
ショウ　あやか.る (9th, N1)
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
engrave, cut fine, chop
コク　きざ.む (6th, N3)
sign of the hog, 9-11PM, twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac
い　ガイ　り (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)
トウ
price, cost, value
チ　ね　あたい (6th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
straightaway, honesty, frankness
なお.す　なお　チョク (2nd, N3)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
fishhook radical(乙) variant
thousand
セン　ち　かず (1st, N5)
gold
キン　きむ　かね (1st, N5)
whole, entire, all
ゼン　すべ.て　まった.く (3rd, N3)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
to divide