| 春 | Chūn | surname Chun |
| chūn | old variant of 春[chun1] | |
| chūn | spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life | |
| 生 | shēng | to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student |
| 夏 | xià | summer |
| Xià | the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432); surname Xia | |
| 长 | cháng | length; long; forever; always; constantly |
| zhǎng | chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance | |
| 秋收 | qiū shōu | fall harvest; to reap |
| 冬 | dōng | winter |
| Dōng | surname Dong | |
| dōng | (onom.) beating a drum; rat-a-tat | |
| 藏 | zàng | storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture |
| Zàng | Tibet; Xizang 西藏 | |
| cáng | to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect |