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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Han character [edit]

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

  1. summer
  2. great, grand, big

References [edit]

  • 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

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(jyutping haa6, Yale ha6)


Japanese [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana なつ, romaji natsu)

  1. (season) summer

Synonyms [edit]

Related terms [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

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

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised ha, McCune-Reischauer ha)

See also [edit]


Literary Chinese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Derived from the Xia Dynasty, via Old Chinese

Adjective [edit]

  1. (obsolete) Pertaining to the Chinese civilization

Synonyms [edit]


Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin xià (xia4), Wade-Giles hsia4)

Compounds [edit]


Old Chinese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Derived from the Xia Dynasty

Adjective [edit]

  1. Pertaining to the Chinese civilization

Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(hạ, )