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See also:
U+590F, 夏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-590F

[U+590E]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5910]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
10 strokes
Stroke order

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 35, +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一山竹水 (MUHE), four-corner 10247, composition 𦣻(GJK) or 𦣻(HT))

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp. #
2nd round simp. ⿳丆冂夂
alternative forms

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Ancient script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

In the oracle bone script, it was an ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (sun) + (head; man) – man under the scorching sun; summer.

Various variants were seen in the bronze inscriptions from the Spring and Autumn period. (“foot”) was often added to the bottom of the man. Additionally, in the form shown above, the was removed and 𦥑 (“two hands”) was added. The seal script inherits its form from this form, with replaced with the related .

Various forms were also seen from the Warring States period. The bamboo and silk script above shows a common form: + + . The “ancient script” (古文) from Shuowen (labelled as the large seal script) has deviated significantly, with becoming the related . The top part may be a corruption of .

The current form is simplified from the seal script, with the removal of 𦥑 and the legs from .

Etymology 1[edit]

“great; Xia Dynasty; China; Chinese”
Possibly related to (OC *kraːʔ, *kraːs, “great”), (OC *kraːʔ, “great”) and (OC *sraːs, *ɡraːʔ, “big house”) (Wang, 1980). Shi (2000) and Mair (2013) relate this word to Tibetan རྒྱ (rgya, great; wide; width; size; expanse; China).
“magnificent colours; variegated”
The sense “variegated” may be of a different origin. Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *Krā(H) (variegated) (Starostin), whence Tibetan བཀྲ (bkra, variegated; bright; radiant; splendid), Tibetan ཁྲ (khra, many-coloured; variegated; mottled; striped) and Burmese ကျား (kya:, variegated; striped; chequered). Possibly related to (OC *ɡraː, “horse with mixed red and white colour”).

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • 3hho - vernacular;
  • 3hhia - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (33)
Final () (98)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter haeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠaX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚaX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣaX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaɨX/
Li
Rong
/ɣaX/
Wang
Li
/ɣaX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣaX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xià
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
haa6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xià
Middle
Chinese
‹ X ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ˁraʔ/
English great; pertaining to Chinese civilization

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 13452
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡraːʔ/

Definitions[edit]

  1. (~朝) (historical) the Xia dynasty (2070 BCE – 1600 BCE)
  2. (by extension) China; Chinese
  3. great; grand; magnificent
  4. magnificent colours; resplendent colours; variegated
  5. Alternative form of (big house)
  6. a surname
      ―  Xià Zhìqīng  ―  Hsia Chih-tsing (Chinese literary critic)
Synonyms[edit]
  • (the Xia dynasty):
Descendants[edit]
  • English: Hsia, Xia
See also[edit]
Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name Time period Divisions
Xia
(~朝, ~代)
2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang
(~朝, ~代)
(~朝, ~代)
1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou
(~朝, ~代)
1046 – 256 BCE Western Zhou
西周
Eastern Zhou
東周东周
Spring and Autumn period
春秋
Warring States period
戰國战国
Qin
(~朝, ~代)
221 – 206 BCE
Han
(~朝, ~代)
206 BCE – 220 C.E. Western Han
西漢西汉
Xin
(~朝)
Eastern Han
東漢东汉
Three Kingdoms
三國三国
220 – 280 C.E. Wei
Shu Han
蜀漢蜀汉
Wu
Jin
(~朝, ~代)
265 – 420 C.E. Western Jin
西晉西晋
Eastern Jin
東晉东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties
南北朝
420 – 589 C.E. Northern dynasties
北朝
Northern Wei
北魏
Western Wei
西魏
Eastern Wei
東魏东魏
Northern Zhou
北周
Northern Qi
北齊北齐
Southern dynasties
南朝
Liu Song
劉宋刘宋
Southern Qi
南齊南齐
Liang
(~朝, ~代)
Chen
(~朝, ~代)
Sui
(~朝, ~代)
581 – 618 C.E.
Tang
(~朝, ~代)
618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
五代十國五代十国
907 – 960 C.E.
Liao
(~朝, ~代)
907 – 1125 C.E.
Song
(~朝, ~代)
960 – 1279 C.E. Northern Song
北宋
Southern Song
南宋
Western Xia
西夏
1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin
(~朝, ~代)
1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao
西遼西辽
1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan
(~朝, ~代)
1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming
(~朝, ~代)
1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing
(~朝, ~代)
1636 – 1912 C.E.

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Sagart (2023b) relates it to (OC *[g]ˤra-s) "leisure" and Burmese အား (a:, to be free (not in use; without obligations)), the latter of which STEDT derives from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-ra (strength; to win; classifier for people) but does not compare to (OC *[g]ˤraʔ). See (xiá) for more.

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • hē/hēe - vernacular;
  • hā/hēe - literary.
Note:
  • 3hho - vernacular;
  • 3hhia - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (33)
Final () (98)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter haeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠaH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚaH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣaH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaɨH/
Li
Rong
/ɣaH/
Wang
Li
/ɣaH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣaH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xià
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
haa6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xià
Middle
Chinese
‹ H ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ]ˁraʔ/ (~ *[ɡ]ˁraʔ-s)
English summer

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 13454
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡraːs/

Definitions[edit]

  1. summer (season)
Synonyms[edit]
See also[edit]
Seasons in Mandarin · 四季 (sìjì, four seasons) (layout · text) · category
(chūn, spring) (xià, summer) (qiū, fall; autumn) (dōng, winter)

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]


Definitions[edit]

  1. Alternative form of (jiǎ)
  2. Used in 陽夏阳夏.

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. summer
  2. Xia dynasty
  3. China

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Kanji in this term
なつ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

/natu//nat͡su/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *natu.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(なつ) (natsu

  1. summer (season)
    Synonym: 夏季, 夏期 (kaki)
    Hyponyms: 初夏, 真夏
Derived terms[edit]
Proverbs[edit]
See also[edit]
Seasons in Japanese · ()() (shiki, four seasons) (layout · text) · category
(はる) (haru, spring)
(しゅん)() (shunki, spring)
(しゅん)() (shunki, spring period)
(なつ) (natsu, summer)
()() (kaki, summer)
()() (kaki, summer period)
(あき) (aki, fall; autumn)
(しゅう)() (shūki, fall; autumn)
(しゅう)() (shūki, fall period)
(ふゆ) (fuyu, winter)
(とう)() (tōki, winter)
(とう)() (tōki, winter period)

Proper noun[edit]

(なつ) (Natsu

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
goon

From Middle Chinese (MC haeH). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

Also used in the Man'yōshū (759 CE) as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨ge1.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

() (ge

  1. (Buddhism) summer according to the lunisolar calendar; the ninety days starting from the sixteenth day of the fourth month until the fifteenth day of the seventh month
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kan’on

From Middle Chinese (MC haeX).

The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Proper noun[edit]

() (Ka

  1. the Xia dynasty (first dynasty of China)
  2. Short for 大夏 (Daika): Xia, one of the Sixteen Kingdoms
  3. Short for 西夏 (Seika): Western Xia, an empire during the Song dynasty
  4. a surname
  5. a male or female given name

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Chinese (MC haeH).

Historical readings

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ha̠(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja[edit]

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 여름 (yeoreum ha))

  1. Hanja form? of (summer).

Compounds[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Việt readings: hạ
: Nôm readings:

  1. chữ Hán form of hạ (summer).
  2. Nôm form of (summer).