夏

Xià

x+ià·4th tone

the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC · surname Xia

Radical: 夂 Strokes: 10

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Character Decomposition

夏=一+自+夂

Meanings

the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC

Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432)

surname Xia

Xià

summer

xià

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Words with 夏 304 total

Han Chinese name for an ancient Central Asia country大夏Dà xià Pinellia ternata半夏bàn xià the first month of summer (i.e. the fourth lunisolar month)孟夏mèng xià Lixia or Start of Summer, 7th of the 24 solar terms 5th-20th May立夏Lì xià midsummer · the height of summer盛夏shèng xià Western Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people occupying modern Ningxia and parts of Gansu and Shaanxi, overthrown by Mongols西夏Xī Xià to spend the summer · to take a summer vacation消夏xiāo xià

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