Kanji
夏
kanji character
summer
夏 kanji-夏 summer
夏
Meaning
summer
Readings
Kun'yomi
- なつ やすみ summer vacation
- なつ ばて suffering from summer heat
- ま なつ middle of summer
On'yomi
- か き summer term (e.g. school)
- しょ か early summer
- こん か this summer
- が
- げ し summer solstice
- はん げ crow dipper (Pinellia tuber)
- げ しせん Tropic of Cancer
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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夏 summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month) -
夏 期 summer term (e.g. school), summer period -
夏 休 みsummer vacation, summer holiday -
夏 バ テsuffering from summer heat, summer heat fatigue -
夏 ばてsuffering from summer heat, summer heat fatigue -
夏 季 summer season, summer, summertime -
初 夏 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar -
真 夏 middle of summer, height of summer, midsummer -
夏 至 summer solstice -
今 夏 this summer, next summer, last summer -
冷 夏 cool summer, cold summer, cooler-than-normal summer -
夏 場 summertime, summer season -
夏 物 summer clothing, summer wear, summer goods -
夏 ものsummer clothing, summer wear, summer goods -
夏 場 所 Summer Tournament (held in Tokyo in May) -
夏 時 間 daylight saving time, daylight savings time, summer time -
夏 祭 summer festival, summer matsuri -
春 夏 秋 冬 spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter... -
夏 祭 りsummer festival, summer matsuri -
夏 まつりsummer festival, summer matsuri -
夏 山 summery mountain, mountain that is often climbed in summer -
夏 服 summer clothes, summer wear, summer uniform -
夏 日 hot summer day, day on which the temperature reaches at least 25°C -
夏 草 summer grass -
盛 夏 midsummer, height of summer -
真 夏 日 day on which the temperature rises above 30°C -
晩 夏 late summer, sixth month of the lunar calendar -
常 夏 everlasting summer -
夏 いblisteringly hot, relentlessly hot, scorching -
夏 衣 summer clothes