Hanja Analyzer
夏

夏 — ha

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
여름 하
Romanization
ha
English
summer; great, grand, big
Mandarin
xià
Japanese on'yomi
カ, ゲ
Japanese kun'yomi
なつ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#659 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
夊 (35, 7 residual)
Unicode
U+590F

How 夏 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 夏 as a ideographic compound involving 日, 頁.

Korean example words with 夏

  • 금하今夏 Korean gloss: 올해 여름
  • 하계夏季 Korean gloss: 여름의 시기
  • 하기夏期 Korean gloss: 여름의 시기
  • 내하來夏 Korean gloss: 다가오는 여름
  • 장하長夏 Korean gloss: 해가 긴 여름
  • 하복夏服 Korean gloss: 여름철에 입는 옷
  • 하절夏節 Korean gloss: 계절이 여름인 때
  • 성하盛夏 Korean gloss: 더위가 한창인 여름
  • 하파夏播 Korean gloss: 여름에 씨를 뿌리는 일
  • 하일夏日 Korean gloss: 여름철의 날. 또는 그날의 날씨
  • 초하初夏 Korean gloss: 이른 여름. 주로 음력 4월을 이른다
  • 하곡夏穀 Korean gloss: 보리, 밀 따위와 같이 여름에 익어서 거두는 곡식

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 夏

  • 夏なつ summer
  • 夏休みなつやすみ summer vacation; summer holiday
  • 今夏こんか this summer; next summer; last summer
  • 冷夏れいか cool summer; cold summer; cooler-than-normal summer
  • 夏季かき summer season; summer; summertime
  • 夏場なつば summertime; summer season
  • 真夏まなつ middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
  • 夏場所なつばしょ Summer Tournament (held in Tokyo in May)
  • 初夏しょか early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 夏時間なつじかん daylight saving time; daylight savings time; summer time
  • 夏物なつもの summer clothing; summer wear; summer goods
  • 真夏日まなつび day on which the temperature rises above 30°C

Characters sharing the phonetic 夏

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “하” in Korean.

Other hanja read “하”

Other hanja with radical 夊

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