夏: summer
- JLPT level N4
- 10 strokes
- Radical 夊
Readings
On’yomi
- カ
- ガ
- ゲ
Kun’yomi
- なつ
On’yomi and kun’yomi?
On’yomi are readings that came from Chinese, written here in katakana. Kun’yomi are native Japanese readings, written in hiragana. Which one is used depends on the word: kanji in compounds often take an on’yomi, and a kanji standing alone often takes a kun’yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Example words
- 夏summer
- 夏場summertime; summer season
- 夏物summer clothing; summer wear
- 今夏this summer; next summer; last summer
- 真夏middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
- 夏休みsummer vacation; summer holiday
Where do these words come from?
They are common words containing 夏, from JMdict, picked automatically with words made of easier kanji first. They are not graded by JLPT level.
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Additional detailsSchool grade, frequency, Unicode and sources
- School grade
- Grade 2 (primary school)
- Newspaper frequency
- 659 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 夊 no. 35
- Unicode
- U+590F
School grade comes from the Japanese school curriculum. Frequency is the rank among the 2,500 most common kanji in newspapers. Neither is a JLPT level.
Sources for this entry
- KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0): meanings, on’yomi, kun’yomi, stroke count, school grade, newspaper frequency, radical
- Jonathan Waller's JLPT kanji lists (CC BY): JLPT level
- JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0): example words
- KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0): stroke order