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夏

xià

HSK 2.0 · 3

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

xià · haa6 (Jyutping)

  1. the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
  2. Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432)
  3. summer
  4. surname Xia

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

夏

Meaning
summer; great, grand, big
Radical
夊
Strokes
10
Components
⿳一自夂
Cangjie
MUHE
Four-corner
1024.7

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