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Meaning of 夏
Pinyin
xià
Radical
夂
Strokes
10
Definition
summer / Xia (proper name)
Usage
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夏 [xià]
[名]
1. 一年的第二季：(~ season, ~ days, ~ order, ~ sowing, ~ ripening, ~ grain)
Summer: A season that is the second in the year.
2. 中国朝代名：(~ Dynasty, ~ calendar)
The name of a Chinese dynasty: Xia Dynasty.
3. 指中国：华~。
Referring to China: Huaxia (Chinese).
4. 姓。
A surname.
[引]
1. 《说文》：夏，中国之人也。朱骏声曰：“就全地言之，中国在西北一小隅。故陈公子少西字夏，郑公孙夏字西。”
"According to the Shuowen Jiezi: Xia, the people of China."
2. 泛指中国 ([En.] China)
General reference to China.
3. 朝代名 ([En.] the Xia Dynasty)
Name of the dynasty.
4. 中国历史上的第一王朝，系传说中禹的儿子启所建立，奴隶制国家，建都安邑(今山西省夏县北)，即夏后氏
The first dynasty in Chinese history, said to be founded by Qi, the son of Yu, it was a slave society with its capital at Anyi (now north of Xiay County in Shanxi).
5. 封建割据政权或农民起义政权称号。
The title used for feudal separatist regimes or peasant uprising regimes.
① 东晋末，公元407年匈奴贵族赫连勃勃建夏国，建都统万城(今陕西横山西北)。
② 隋末窦建德于公元618年建立夏国，都乐寿(今河北献县)。
③ 北宋仁宗时，赵元昊于1032年建立夏国，史称西夏，都兴州(今宁夏回族自治区银川东南)。
④ 元末明玉珍于公元1362年建立夏国，都重庆。
6. 古代波斯的巴克特利亚人建立的国名 ([En.] Bactria)。
The name of a country established by the Bactrians of ancient Persia.
7. 通“厦”。大屋 ([En.] big house)
Synonymous with "xia," meaning big house.
8. 夏季。一年的第二季，中国习惯指立夏到立秋的三个月时间，也指农历“四、五、六”三个月 ([En.] summer)
Summer: In the Chinese context, refers to the three months from the beginning of summer to the beginning of autumn, also corresponding to the lunar months of April, May, and June.
9. 姓
A surname.
[形]
1. 大 ([En.] great)
Great in size or importance.
2. 华彩，即五色 ([En.] magnificent color)
Referring to splendid colors, specifically five colors.
*引自繁体辞典解释
See also "夏楚" entries.
Western Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people 黨項|党项 occupying modern Ningxia and parts of Gansu and Shaanxi, overthrown by Mongols
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Input Method for 夏
Pinyin
xia4
Wubi
dhtu
Cangjie
muhe
Zhengma
anrs
Four Corner
10407
Unicode
U+590f
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