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
On Reading
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)
