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夏

夏 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

象形。人の頭上に太陽があるさまを象る林志強等評注 『《文源》評注』 中国社会科学出版社、2017年、145頁。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

summer

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カElem.
  • ガ
  • ゲJHS
Kun (native)
  • なつElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音xia4
  • 拼音jia3
  • 한글ha
  • Hán-ViệtHạ
  • Hán-ViệtGiạ
  • Hán-ViệtGiá

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
夕(た)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 3
Unicode
U+590F

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𦣻夂

Words using this kanji

  • 夏なつなつ 季節（四季）の一つ。春の次、秋の前。summer
  • 夏休みなつやすみなつやすみ 参照summer vacation, summer holiday
  • 夏場なつばsummertime, summer season
  • 夏季かき夏の季節。天候が暑い時期。 一年をおおまかに4つに分けたときの一つで暑い頃、およびその前後。 奉公の期限で、春の出替わりから秋の出替わりまでの半期。summer season, summer, summertime
  • 夏場所なつばしょ5月に行われる大相撲の本場所の通称。Summer Tournament (held in Tokyo in May)
  • 夏時間なつじかん夏季に通常より1時間進めた時刻を採用すること。また、その時刻。夏時刻。サマータイム。daylight saving time, daylight savings time, summer time
  • 夏物なつものsummer clothing, summer wear, summer goods
  • 夏至げし太陽が黄経90度にある瞬間。 二十四節気の十番目。北半球の一年で最も昼が長くなるころ。五月中。 夏至(2)から小暑までの期間。summer solstice
  • 夏期かき夏の期間。summer term (e.g. school), summer period
  • 夏バテなつばてsuffering from summer heat, summer heat fatigue
  • 夏祭りなつまつり「なつまつり」を参照。summer festival, summer matsuri
  • 夏山なつやまsummery mountain, mountain that is often climbed in summer
  • 夏服なつふく夏に着る衣服。summer clothes, summer wear, summer uniform
  • 夏日なつび（かじつ）夏の日。夏の日差し。 （なつび）なつびを参照。hot summer day, day on which the temperature reaches at least 25°C
  • 夏草なつくさ「なつくさ」を参照。summer grass
  • 夏かなつ 季節（四季）の一つ。春の次、秋の前。Xia dynasty (of China; ca. 2070-1600 BCE; possibly mythological), Hsia dynasty
  • 夏げなつ 季節（四季）の一つ。春の次、秋の前。summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month)
  • 夏衣なつごろもsummer clothes
  • 夏菊なつぎくearly chrysanthemums
  • 夏蚕なつごsummer silkworms

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-8
Four Corner
1040.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4i7.5
Heisig
317
Nelson
58