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夏
JLPT N4 SL2 10 strokes Frequency: #659

Meanings

Summer

Radicals

夊

Decomposition

⿳一自夂

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
2 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
4 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
5 horizontal bottom-to-top
6 horizontal bottom-to-top
7 horizontal bottom-to-top
8 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
9 corner top-right-to-bottom-left
10 diagonal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
カ ka
ガ ga
ゲ ge
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
なつ natsu

Words Using This Kanji

139 words total
Other (20 words)
夏季料金 かきりょうきん

summer rate

飛んで火に入る夏の虫 とんでひにいるなつのむし

rushing to one's doom

一夏 いちげ

one summer (during which a monk attends a summer retreat)

夏めく なつめく

to become summerly

夏安居 げあんご

summer retreat where monks stay in the same place to study

炎夏 えんか

hot summer

甘夏みかん あまなつみかん

amanatsu (Citrus natsudaidai)

夏座敷 なつざしき

room arranged for the summer (by removing screens and doors to improve air flow)

夏い なつい

blisteringly hot

夏初月 なつはづき

4th month of the lunar calendar

常夏月 とこなつづき

sixth lunar month

夏芝居 なつしばい

summer play

夏雲 なつぐも

summer cloud

夏館 なつやかた

villa arranged appropriately for summer

夏霧 なつぎり

summer fog

毎夏 まいなつ

every summer

夏本番 なつほんばん

midsummer

夏期 かき

summer term (e.g. school)

夏学期 なつがっき

summer term (of school)

日向夏 ひゅうがなつ

hyuganatsu (species of citrus, Citrus tamurana)