夏 xià summer
Made up of [自 zì from; self; oneself radical 132, 夂 zhǐ walk slowly radical 34]Made with 10 strokes.
Ancient small seal form
Related characters
Also uses 自 zì component: 首 shǒu (head)
Also uses 夂 zhǐ component: 处 chù (place) 各 gè (each) ; 咎 jiù (fault) ; 陵 líng (mound) ; 条 tiáo (strip) ; 务 wù (affair)
Sounds same
下 xià (down)Different tone
虾 xiā (shrimp)Pronunciation
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