Keyword
summer
- the Xia or Hsia dynasty
- Frequency
- #1039
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
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Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
夏天
summer
夏
summer
夏季
summer
华夏
old name for China; Cathay
夏威夷
Hawaii, US state
夏日
summertime
西夏
Western Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people 党项 occupying modern Ningxia and parts of Gansu and Shaanxi, overthrown by Mongols
宁夏回族自治区
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, capital Yinchuan 银川市 (YínchuānShì) (short name 宁 (Níng))
夏令营
summer camp
夏洛特
Charlotte (name)
夏娃
Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waa1})
夏普
Sharp Corporation
盛夏
midsummer; the height of summer
夏至
Xiazhi or Summer Solstice, 10th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 21st June-6th July
夏洛克
Shylock (in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice); Sherlock (name)
仲夏
midsummer; second month of summer
初夏
early summer
夏利
Xiali, car brand by Tianjin FAW Xiali Motor Company
夏侯
two-character surname Xiahou
大夏
Han Chinese name for an ancient Central Asia country
夏装
summer clothing; summer clothes
夏县
Xia County or Xiaxian, a county in Yuncheng City 运城市 (YùnchéngShì), Shanxi
夏衍
Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer
夏令
summer; summer weather