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<WL>夏 [xià] summer (夏天, 夏季); 夏至 summer solstice; 春夏秋冬 four seasons@@; 华夏 China; 夏朝 Xia dynasty; 西夏 Tangut [jiǎ] (古县名) 陽夏; 檟; 假/暇 [yǎ] 雅 | <WL>夏 [xià] summer (夏天, 夏季); 夏至 summer solstice; 春夏秋冬 four seasons@@; 华夏 China; 夏朝 Xia dynasty; 西夏 Tangut [jiǎ] (古县名) 陽夏; 檟; 假/暇 [yǎ] 雅 | ||
#i3 | #i3 | ||
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 夏(夓) xià combines 頁() yè ‘head’ ( | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 夏(夓) xià combines 頁() yè ‘head’ (abbrev. to 𦣻 in the modern form), with 𦥑() ‘two hands’ (omitted in the modern form), and 夂(夊) suī ‘two feet’; formerly wr. 𠍺(𤴞𡔰), with something like 會() huì (phonosemantic; cf. 廈), and at the bottom 足() zú ‘foot’ (instead of 夂/夊). |
| − | Note: | + | Compare: 廈 (as in 大廈, 议会大厦), formerly wr. 夏. |
| − | + | Note: In the earliest times 夏 Xià was the name of a Chinese tribe/clan in the Central Plains (中原); later it is the name of the legendary first dynasty (夏代, 夏朝), progenitors of Chinese civilization; it is also used in the name 西夏 Xīxià ‘Tangut’ (寧夏). | |
| + | Note: Usage for 夏天 xiàtiān ‘summer’ perhaps relates to words now wr. 假/暇 xiá/xià ‘vacation/leisure’ (summer break during the hottest peak-growth months, after spring planting and before fall harvest, when no work could be done); cf. 昰, an old wr. of 夏 resp. for the modern wr. of 是 (with 𤴓 rather than 正). | ||
Compare: 冬() dōng ‘winter’, which also contains a component like 夂, but with different traditional explanation. | Compare: 冬() dōng ‘winter’, which also contains a component like 夂, but with different traditional explanation. | ||
| − | HDZ: 夏 : xià : (族名) 中原古部族; 中国人; 中国; 大; 廈: 大屋; 花彩; (乐歌名); (夏代) 中国历史上第一个朝代; …; (古水名); (古地名); (古州名); (县名); 暇: 闲暇, 空闲; 假 (jiǎ): 宽假, 宽容; 雅 (yǎ); (姓) ; (季名) 一年四季的第二季, (农历) 四月至六月 • jiǎ : (古县名) 陽夏; 檟; 假/暇 | + | HDZ: 夏 : xià : (族名) 中原古部族; 中国人; 中国; 大; 廈: 大屋; 花彩; (乐歌名); (夏代) 中国历史上第一个朝代; (封建割据政权名); …; (古水名); (古地名); (古州名); (县名); 暇: 闲暇, 空闲; 假 (jiǎ): 宽假, 宽容; 雅 (yǎ); (姓) ; (季名) 一年四季的第二季, (农历) 四月至六月 • jiǎ : (古县名) 陽夏; 檟; 假/暇 |
#rG.308.26,422.47 W.160d H.82 K.AD136,GSR36a D.2.869.10 M.2521 KX..245.12 B.149.0.06 E.1 | #rG.308.26,422.47 W.160d H.82 K.AD136,GSR36a D.2.869.10 M.2521 KX..245.12 B.149.0.06 E.1 | ||
#c𦣻夂 | #c𦣻夂 | ||
#y hah- | #y hah- | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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