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夏: summer

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

夏 xià

noun
: summer
: the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432);

Kun Reading

夏 | なつ natsu

adverbial noun | temporal noun
: summer

夏い | なつい natsui

adjective | colloquialism
: blisteringly hot; relentlessly hot; scorching

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夏 | か ka

noun
: Xia (dynasty of China; perhaps mythological)

夏 | げ ge

noun
: summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month)

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角: angle | role

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角 jiǎo

noun | measure word | radical 148
: angle; corner
: horn; horn-shaped
: unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan

角 jué


: role (theater)
: to compete
: ancient three legged wine vessel
: third note of pentatonic scale

Kun Reading

角 | かど kado

noun
: corner (e.g. desk, pavement)
: edge

角 | つの tsuno

noun
: horn

角 | すみ sumi

noun | noun suffix
: corner; nook; recess
: (Noun) (Obscure term) downstage right (on a noh stage)

角す | かくす kakusu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to compare (e.g. in a competition)

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角 | かく kaku

noun | noun suffix
: angle
: square (or cube)
: bishop (shogi)
: third degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale)
: Chinese “horn” constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
: jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

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