JLPT N4 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
夏 means summer. It is a JLPT N4 kanji written in 10 strokes, read なつ or か or が. It appears in 夏休み (summer vacation).
夏 is written in 10 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夏 | なつ | summer |
| 夏休み | なつやすみ | summer vacation |
夏 tends to carry the sound か. They carry it; they do not all mean the same thing.
| Reading | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| 夏 | か | summer |
| 榎 | か | lotus tree, nettle tree |
| 厦 | か | house |
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