夏

Glyph origin
In the oracle bone script, it was an – man under the scorching sun; summer.

Various variants were seen in the bronze inscriptions from the. was often added to the bottom of the man. Additionally, in the form shown above, the was removed and  was added. The seal script inherits its form from this form, with replaced with the related.

Various forms were also seen from the. The bamboo and silk script above shows a common form:. The “ancient script” from  (labelled as the large seal script) has deviated significantly, with  becoming the related. The top part may be a corruption of.

The current form is simplified from the seal script, with the removal of and the legs from.

Etymology 1

 * “great; Xia Dynasty; China; Chinese”
 * Possibly related to, and  .  and  relate this word to 🇨🇬.


 * “magnificent colours; variegated”
 * The sense “variegated” may be of a different origin. Compare 🇨🇬, whence 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬. Possibly related to.

Definitions

 * 1)   the
 * 2)   China; Chinese
 * 3)  great; grand; magnificent
 * 4)  magnificent colours; resplendent colours; variegated

Etymology 2
relates it to and 🇨🇬, the latter of which STEDT derives from 🇨🇬 but does not compare to 夏. See for more.

Definitions

 * 1) summer season

Kanji

 * 1) summer
 * 2) Xia dynasty
 * 3) China

Etymology 1
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From, from.

Noun

 * 1) summer season

Etymology 2
From. The  reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

Also used in the  (759 ) as kana for.

Noun

 * 1)  summer according to the lunisolar calendar; the ninety days starting from the sixteenth day of the fourth month until the fifteenth day of the seventh month

Etymology 3
From.

The  reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Proper noun

 * 1) the Xia dynasty
 * :, one of the
 * :, an empire during the Song dynasty

Etymology
From.