夏
summer
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
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Information
Grade:2
Strokes:10
JLPT:4
Frequency:659
Vocabulary
カ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 今夏 | コンカ | this summer; next summer; last summer |
| 春夏秋冬 | シュンカシュウトウ | spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons |
| 初夏 | ショカ | early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar |
| 夏季 | カキ | summer season; summer; summertime |
| 冷夏 | レイカ | cool summer; cold summer; cooler-than-normal summer |
ゲ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夏至 | ゲシ | summer solstice |
| 夏至線 | ゲシセン | Tropic of Cancer |
| 夏至点 | ゲシテン | summer solstitial point |
| 半夏生 | ハンゲショウ | Chinese lizard's tail (Saururus chinensis); 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day |
| 半夏生 | ハンゲショウ | Chinese lizard's tail (Saururus chinensis); 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day |
Visually Similar Kanji
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更
again, further, grow late, more and more, night watch, of course, renew, renovate, sit up late
Grade 8JLPT 3
臭
be bright, be fragrant, fragrance, glow, ill-smelling, odor, savor, stink, stinking, suspicious looking
Grade 8JLPT 1
東
east
Grade 2JLPT 5
畝
furrow, rib, ridge, thirty tsubo
Grade 8JLPT 1
頂
peak, place on the head, receive, summit, top, top of head
Grade 6JLPT 3
規
measure, standard
Grade 5JLPT 3
直
fix, frankness, honesty, repair, straightaway
Grade 2JLPT 3
貝
shellfish
Grade 1JLPT 2
負
-, assume a responsibility, bear, defeat, minus, negative, owe
Grade 3JLPT 3
泉
fountain, spring
Grade 6JLPT 2