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Mythic Mandarin

夏 (Xià): meaning and stroke order

夏 (Xià) means the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC, Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432), surname Xia.

夏

Simplified
夏
Traditional
夏 (same form)
Pinyin
Xià

Stroke order of 夏

夏

  • Xià the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432)
  • xià summer
  • 10 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 夏

  1. Xià
    • the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
    • Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432)
    • surname Xia
  2. xià
    • summer

Radical and structure

夏
Radical 夊 (Kangxi radical 35) · 10 strokes · 𦣻 on top, 夊 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 夏

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).