夏 — kanji meaning “summer”
夏
summer
- Meanings
- summer
- On'yomi
- カ (ka)、ガ (ga)、ゲ (ge)
- Kun'yomi
- なつ
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #659 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 35
- Chinese reading
- xià, jiǎ — Chinese character page
Words with 夏
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夏休み | なつやすみ natsuyasumi | summer vacation; summer holiday |
| 真夏 | まなつ manatsu | middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer |
| 夏季 | かき kaki | summer season; summer; summertime |
| 初夏 | しょか shoka | early summer |
| 夏場 | なつば natsuba | summertime; summer season |
| 今夏 | こんか konka | this summer; next summer; last summer |
| 夏物 | なつもの natsumono | summer clothing; summer wear |
| 春夏秋冬 | しゅんかしゅうとう shunkashuutou | spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons |
| 夏至 | げし geshi | summer solstice |
| 夏バテ | なつばて natsubate | suffering from summer heat; summer heat fatigue |
| 夏場所 | なつばしょ natsubasho | Summer Tournament (held in Tokyo in May) |
| 冷夏 | れいか reika | cool summer; cold summer; cooler-than-normal summer |
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