夏 (xià): the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC, Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432), summer
夏 (xià) is a Chinese character meaning “the xia or hsia dynasty c. 2000 bc.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 一 (structural), 自 (structural) and 夂 (structural). It ranks #1124 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
- Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432)
- summer
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 夏
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夏威夷proper-noun | xià wēi yí | Hawaii, US state |
| 夏洛特proper-noun | xià luò tè | Charlotte (name) |
| 夏日noun | xià rì | summertime |
| 夏季noun | xià jì | summer |
| 夏娃proper-noun | xià wá | Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Canto... |
| 夏普 | xià pǔ | Sharp Corporation |
| 夏洛克 | xià luò kè | Shylock (in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice) |
| 夏利 | xià lì | Xiali, car brand by Tianjin FAW Xiali Motor Company |
| 仲夏noun | zhòng xià | midsummer |
| 盛夏noun | shèng xià | midsummer |
| 夏令时noun | xià lìng shí | daylight saving time |
| 帕特丽夏 | pà tè lì xià | Patricia |
| 夏装 | xià zhuāng | summer clothing |
| 夏时制noun | xià shí zhì | daylight saving time |
| 初夏noun | chū xià | early summer |
夏 appears in 94 compound words: 52 as the first character, 27 as the last, and 21 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 夏 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
a transliteration of the Czech surname Dvořák; a transliteration of the English surname Dvorak
Example Sentences
这个夏字的意思与它的部首有关。
zhè gě xià zì de yì sī yú tā de bù shǒu yǒu guān .
The meaning of the character "夏" is related to its radical.
【联副文讯】联副/作家夏烈文学讲座
lián fù wén xùn lián fù zuò jiā xià liè wén xué jiǎng zuò
【Joint Deputy Literary News】Joint Vice/Writer Xia Lie Literary Lecture
宁夏夜市地上掉红包 民众示警:恐是冥婚
nìng xià yè shì dì shàng diào hóng bāo mín zhòng shì jǐng : kǒng shì 冥 hūn
Red envelopes fell on the ground in the Ningxia night market, and the people warned: It may be a ghost marriage
...ulemeester 释出 2026 春夏形象企划
. . . u l e m e e s t e r shì chū 2 0 2 6 chūn xià xíng xiàng qǐ huá
... Ulemeeester releases its 2026 spring/summer image plan
巴菲特执掌的最后一季 波克夏上季依然卖超美股
bā 菲 tè zhí zhǎng de zuì hòu yī jì bō kè xià shàng jì yī rán mài chāo měi gǔ
Buffett's last season at the helm Berkshire still sold more than U.S. stocks last season
...医美疗程 开心被网民指跟阿仪越来越似 黄夏蕙等收遗产开老人院
. . . yī měi liáo chéng kāi xīn bèi wǎng mín zhǐ gēn ā yí yuè lái yuè sì huáng xià 蕙 děng shōu yí chǎn kāi lǎo rén yuàn
... The medical aesthetic treatment was happily accused by netizens of becoming more and more similar to Ah Yi, and Huang Xiahui and others received an inheritance to open a nursing home
你已经去过夏威夷了吗？
Nǐ yǐjīng qù guo Xiàwēiyí le ma?
Have you ever been to Hawaii?
今年夏天你打算去哪里玩啊？
Jīnnián xiàtiān nǐ dǎsuàn qù nǎlǐ wán ā?
Where do you want to go this summer?
这儿有人去过夏威夷吗？
Zhèr yǒu rén qù guo Xiàwēiyí ma?
Has anybody here been to Hawaii?
夏天的苏格兰怎么样？
Xiàtiān de Sūgélán zěnmeyàng?
What's Scotland like in summer?
Character Family
夊 Radical Family — Characters sharing the go slowly radical
Related Characters
Frequently Asked Questions
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