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U+590F, 夏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-590F

[U+590E]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5910]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 35, +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一山竹水 (MUHE), four-corner 10247, composition 𦣻(GJK) or 𦣻(HT))

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 245, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5720
  • Dae Jaweon: page 485, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 869, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+590F
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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In the oracle bone script, it was an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): (sun) + (head; man) – man under the scorching sun; summer.

Various variants were seen in the bronze inscriptions from the Spring and Autumn period. (“foot”) was often added to the bottom of the man. Additionally, in the form shown above, the was removed and 𦥑 (“two hands”) was added. The seal script inherits its form from this form, with replaced with the related .

Various forms were also seen from the Warring States period. The bamboo and silk script above shows a common form: + + . The “ancient script” (古文) from Shuowen (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 𦥑 and the legs from . Unrelated to .

Etymology 1

“great; Xia Dynasty; China; Chinese”
Possibly related to (OC *kraːʔ, *kraːs, “great”), (OC *kraːʔ, “great”) and (OC *sraːs, *ɡraːʔ, “big house”) (Wang, 1980). Shi (2000) and Mair (2013) relate this word to Tibetan རྒྱ (rgya, great; wide; width; size; expanse; China).
“magnificent colours; variegated”
The sense “variegated” may be of a different origin. Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *Krā(H) (variegated) (Starostin), whence Tibetan བཀྲ (bkra, variegated; bright; radiant; splendid), Tibetan ཁྲ (khra, many-coloured; variegated; mottled; striped) and Burmese ကျား (kya:, variegated; striped; chequered). Possibly related to (OC *ɡraː, “horse with mixed red and white colour”).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • or5 - vernacular;
  • ha5 - literary.

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Definitions

  1. (~朝) (historical) the Xia dynasty (2070 BCE – 1600 BCE)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, by extension) China; Chinese
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) great; grand; magnificent
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) magnificent colours; resplendent colours; variegated
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of  / (big house)
  6. a surname
       Xià Zhìqīng   Hsia Chih-tsing (Chinese literary critic)
Synonyms
  • (the Xia dynasty):
Descendants
  • English: Hsia, Xia
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Compounds

Etymology 2

Sagart (2023b) relates it to (OC *[g]ˤra-s, “leisure”) and Burmese အား (a:, to be free (not in use; without obligations)), the latter of which STEDT derives from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-ra (strength; to win; classifier for people) but does not compare to . See for more.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • hē/hēe - vernacular;
  • hā/hēe - literary.

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Definitions

  1. summer (season)
Synonyms
See also
Seasons in Mandarin · 四季 (sìjì, four seasons) (layout · text) · category
(chūn, spring) (xià, summer) (qiū, fall; autumn) (dōng, winter)

Compounds

Etymology 3

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of  / (jiǎ)
  2. used in 陽夏阳夏

Compounds

  • 夏楚
  • 陽夏 / 阳夏

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