So I was looking up the word Haru and I saw there are many different ways it
can be written in kanji (陽, 春, 晴). When I then looked up the first one to see
how it is pronounced, multiple websites (one of them being google translate)
give an audio that sounds nothing like the word 'haru'. It sounds more like
'yo' or some version of 'yo'.

Why is this?
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Why is the kanji for haru (陽) pronounced as "yo"?
As Eddie Kal has mentioned in the comments, you might want to take a look at
on'yomi and kun'yomi. However, for this case in particular, はる meaning spring
is always written as 春. 陽 is a nanori when pronounced はる, meaning it is
usually only pronounced that way when used in names. It is typically
pronounced ひ (kun'yomi) or ヨウ(on'yomi). The kanji is used in words like
太陽(たいよう) related to the sun, light, or bright personalities.

A tip on looking up words: please don't use google translate. Although it does
have its own cons, a Japanese-English dictionary like Jisho.org might be
better.
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