Read Edit View history Discussion 夏 xiàjiǎ HSK2 summer Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a person, represented by their head (頁) and feet (夂), being heated underneath the sun (日). The sun component was later omitted for brevity during the Warring States period. Pinyin Separate values with commas xià × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint The sun (日) component began to be omitted for brevity during the Warring States period. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 夏 Simp strokes 夏 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a head. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 夏 Simp strokes 夏 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a foot. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 夏 Simp strokes 夏 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 夏 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 226, 769 ], [ 277, 759 ], [ 499, 791 ], [ 750, 811 ], [ 826, 789 ] ], [ [ 444, 758 ], [ 461, 737 ], [ 458, 727 ], [ 429, 681 ], [ 401, 665 ] ], [ [ 316, 654 ], [ 338, 633 ], [ 347, 613 ], [ 369, 379 ] ], [ [ 369, 646 ], [ 385, 638 ], [ 401, 640 ], [ 618, 683 ], [ 653, 675 ], [ 669, 662 ], [ 679, 650 ], [ 678, 639 ], [ 647, 444 ], [ 635, 414 ], [ 612, 410 ] ], [ [ 384, 549 ], [ 393, 557 ], [ 520, 581 ], [ 556, 578 ] ], [ [ 389, 472 ], [ 420, 485 ], [ 518, 501 ], [ 564, 498 ] ], [ [ 388, 394 ], [ 401, 403 ], [ 602, 431 ] ], [ [ 447, 346 ], [ 417, 341 ], [ 355, 257 ], [ 253, 161 ], [ 167, 97 ], [ 90, 56 ] ], [ [ 412, 286 ], [ 507, 292 ], [ 592, 312 ], [ 623, 307 ], [ 644, 294 ], [ 618, 226 ], [ 589, 172 ], [ 538, 105 ], [ 510, 80 ], [ 453, 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