しゅん
春
みん
眠
あかつき
暁
　
を
おぼ
覚
　
え
　
ず

expression

Proverb. From a Meng Haoran poem.
  1. in spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn, in spring one sleeps like a log.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しゅん
春
みん
眠
あかつき
暁
　
を
おぼ
覚
　
え
　
ず
 春眠暁を覚えず しゅんみんあかつきをおぼえず

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)
sleep, die, sleepy
ねむ.る　ミン　ね (7th, N3)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
people, nation, subjects
ミン　たみ　ひと (4th, N3)
family name, surname, clan
シ　うじ (4th, N1)
daybreak, dawn, in the event
あかつき　ギョウ　さと.る (9th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
high, far
ギョウ　たか.い　たかし (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
grass
キ　ケ　くさ (Kentei 1)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ　ク　にじゅう (Kentei 1)
high & level, lofty, bald
コツ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
memorize, learn, remember
カク　おぼ.える　さ.ます (4th, N3)
to learn(𦥯) variant
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
see, hopes, chances
み.る　ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)