夏 – summer

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The kanji 夏 means summer. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カ、ガ、ゲ (ka, ga, ge); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is なつ (natsu). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 夊 (no. 35).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カ	ka
On’yomi	ガ	ga
On’yomi	ゲ	ge
Kun’yomi	なつ	natsu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 夊 (Kangxi radical 35). Components: 一・自・夂・目.

Words using 夏

夏なつsummer夏休みなつやすみsummer vacation

Example sentences

この夏最高の暑さだ。

It is the hottest this summer.

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この夏休みはどこかへ行くのですか。

Are you going away this summer?

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Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.