| 夏 | 477A10 31.82 | 部居  | 畫數 10 | ㄒㄧㄚˋ [xia4] (*ㄐㄧㄚˋ [jia4] ). | ||
| N. | (1) Summer: 夏季，夏天，夏日[xia4ji4], [xia4tian1], [xia4ri4]↓; 初夏 early summer; 夏收 summer harvest; 炎夏 hot summer; 夏日可畏 of official superior who is a severe disciplinarian, compared to the summer sun, contrasted with 冬日可愛 the gentle superior like the pleasant sun of winter; “夏五,” “郭公” (LL) missing passages, from those in 左傳; 夏蟲語冰 as a summer insect discusses ice--of one who talks what he knows nothing about. (2) The Shiah Dyn. (usu. wr. Hsia, 2205－1766 B.C.): 夏后 [xia4hou4]↓; 夏朝，夏代，夏室 the Shiah Dyn.; 夏禮 the rituals and institutions of Shiah Dyn. (3) 華夏 China; Chinese. (4) 夏國 anc. name of Bactria (also 大夏). (5) A surname. | |||||
| Words | 1. 夏布 [xia4bu4], n., fine linen. 2. 夏楚 *[jia2chu3], n., a rod, a ferule for punishing pupils. 3. 夏后 [xia4hou4], n., usu. 夏后氏 name of royal house of Emperor Yuu (禹), founder of Shiah Dyn. 4. 夏正 [xia4zheng4], n., the first month of the lunar year. 5. 夏節 [xia4jie2], n., (1) the fifth day of fifth lunar month--the Dragon Boat Festival; (2) summer solstice. 6. 夏季 [xia4ji4], n., the summer season; see [xia4ling4]↓. 7. 夏至 [xia4zhi4], n., summer solstice. 8. 夏曆 [xia4li4], n., the lunar calendar. 9. 夏令 [xia4ling4], n., summer season; 夏令會 summer conference; 夏令營 summer camp. 10. 夏眠 [xia4mian2], n., (of certain tropical insects) summer hibernation. 11. 夏日 [xia4ri4], n., summer day; summer sun. 12. 夏天 [xia4tian1], n., summer, summer days. | |||||