夏

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夏

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

夏 (radical 35 夊+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一山竹水 (MUHE), four-corner 1024₇)

1. summer
2. great, grand, big

References

• KangXi: page 245, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5720
• Dae Jaweon: page 485, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 869, character 10
• Unihan data for U+590F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

夏 (jyutping haa6, Yale ha6)

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Japanese

Noun

夏 (hiragana なつ, romaji natsu)

1. (season) summer

Synonyms

• 夏季 (かき, kaki)
• 夏期 (かき, kaki)

Related terms

• 初夏 (しょか, shoka): beginning summer
• 晩夏 (ばんか, banka): ending summer
• 昨夏 (さくなつ, sakunatsu): last summer
• 翌夏 (よくなつ, yokunatsu): next summer

Kanji

夏 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: か (ka), げ (ge)
• Kun: なつ (natsu)

Compounds

夏炉冬扇 (かろとうせん, karotōsen) 夏時 (かじ, kaji) 夏至 (げし, geshi)

夏鳥 (なつどり, natsudori) 夏場 (なつば, natsuba) 夏休 (なつやすみ, natuyasumi)

立夏 (りっか, rikka)

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Korean

Hanja

夏 (hangeul 하, revised ha, McCune-Reischauer ha)

See also

• 春
• 秋
• 冬

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Literary Chinese

Etymology

Derived from the Xia Dynasty, via Old Chinese 夏

Adjective

夏

1. (obsolete) Pertaining to the Chinese civilization

Synonyms

• 漢 (replaces "夏", after the Han Dynasty)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

夏 (pinyin xià (xia4), Wade-Giles hsia⁴)

Compounds

• 夏播
• 夏布
• 夏季
• 夏历
• 夏粮
• 夏令
• 夏令时
• 夏令营
• 夏日
• 夏时制
• 夏熟
• 夏天
• 夏衣
• 夏至
• 夏至草
• 夏至点
• 夏至线
• 夏装

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Old Chinese

Etymology

Derived from the Xia Dynasty

Adjective

夏

1. Pertaining to the Chinese civilization

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Vietnamese

Han character

夏 (hạ, hè)