"夏" meaning in Japanese

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Character

Forms: Second grade kyōiku kanji [romanization]
  1. summer Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-夏-ja-character-6DZkJVxp Categories (other): Seasons Disambiguation of Seasons: 21 2 3 16 7 1 2 3 7 13 15 9
  2. Xia dynasty Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-夏-ja-character-M9fZ0zVr
  3. China Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-夏-ja-character-EENoKQMv Categories (other): Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese kyōiku kanji, Japanese second grade kanji, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Japanese jōyō kanji: 29 25 46 Disambiguation of Japanese kanji: 29 26 46 Disambiguation of Japanese kyōiku kanji: 29 25 46 Disambiguation of Japanese second grade kanji: 24 23 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 19 17 30 7 3 1 1 5 3 6 0 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 34 66 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 0 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 華夏 (Kaka) (ruby: (), ()), 夏時 (geshi) (ruby: (), ()), 夏朝 (Kachō) (ruby: (), (ちょう)) (english: Xia Dynasty), 夏炉冬扇 (karo tōsen) (ruby: (), (), (とう), (せん)) (english: summer fires, winter fans; useless things), 夏至 (geshi) (ruby: (), ()), 夏臘, 夏﨟 (gerō), 昨夏 (sakka) (ruby: (さっ), ()) (english: last summer), 春夏秋冬 (shunka shūtō) (ruby: (しゅん), (), (しゅう), (とう)), 初夏 (shoka) (ruby: (しょ), ()) (english: beginning summer), 消夏, 銷夏 (shōka), 盛夏 (seika) (ruby: (せい), ()), 冬扇夏炉 (tōsen karo) (ruby: (とう), (せん), (), ()), 晩夏 (banka) (ruby: (ばん), ()) (english: ending summer), 孟夏 (mōka) (ruby: (もう), ()), 立夏 (rikka) (ruby: (りっ), ()) (english: first day of summer), 冷夏 (reika) (ruby: (れい), ()), 解夏 (gege) (ruby: (), ()), 結夏 (ketsuge) (ruby: (けつ), ()), 半夏 (hange) (ruby: (はん), ())

Proper name

IPA: [na̠t͡sɨ] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (なつ)), Natsu [romanization]
Etymology: /natu/ → /nat͡su/ From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *natu. Etymology templates: {{wp|ja:}}, {{wp|Summer}}, {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=なつ}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*natu|sort=なつ}} Proto-Japonic *natu Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|なつ}} 夏(なつ) • (Natsu)
  1. a female given name
    Sense id: en-夏-ja-name-pLhOhtoi Categories (other): Japanese female given names, Japanese given names, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 71 29 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 77 23 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 72 28 0
  2. a surname
    Sense id: en-夏-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), Ka [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 夏 (MC haeX). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing. Etymology templates: {{wp|ja:夏 (三代)}}, {{wp|Xia dynasty}}, {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=か}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|夏|id=1}} 夏 (MC haeX) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|か}} 夏(か) • (Ka)
  1. the Xia dynasty (first dynasty of China)
    Sense id: en-夏-ja-name-dQw-obTl
  2. short for 大夏 (Daika): Xia, one of the Sixteen Kingdoms Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 大夏 (extra: (Daika): Xia, one of the Sixteen Kingdoms)
    Sense id: en-夏-ja-name-e0ue0stk Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
  3. short for 西夏 (Seika): Western Xia, an empire during the Song dynasty Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 西夏 (extra: (Seika): Western Xia, an empire during the Song dynasty)
    Sense id: en-夏-ja-name-IPrpprNa Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 3 2 6 2 2 15 38 2 5 0 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 2 7 10 4 3 10 27 4 8 0 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 1 2 9 3 1 13 33 3 7 0 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 1 2 10 3 1 13 33 3 8 0 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 1 2 11 5 1 13 31 5 10 0 23
  4. a surname
    Sense id: en-夏-ja-name-v2O7m9sM1 Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
  5. a male or female given name
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [na̠t͡sɨ] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (なつ)), natsu [romanization]
Etymology: /natu/ → /nat͡su/ From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *natu. Etymology templates: {{wp|ja:}}, {{wp|Summer}}, {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=なつ}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*natu|sort=なつ}} Proto-Japonic *natu Head templates: {{ja-noun|なつ}} 夏(なつ) • (natsu)
  1. summer (season) Synonyms: 夏季, 夏期 Hyponyms: 初夏, 真夏
    Sense id: en-夏-ja-noun-HqDf6HYL Derived forms: 夏茜 (natsuakane) (ruby: (ナツ), (アカネ)), 夏井 (Natsui) (ruby: (なつ), ()), 夏犬 (natsuinu) (ruby: (なつ), (いぬ)), 夏鶯 (natsu uguisu) (ruby: (なつ), (うぐいす)), 夏瓜 (natsuuri) (ruby: (ナツ), (ウリ)), 夏帯 (natsuobi) (ruby: (なつ), (おび)), 夏草 (natsukusa) (ruby: (なつ), (くさ)), 夏茱萸, 夏胡頽子 (natsugumi), 夏越しの祓 (Nagoshi no Harae), 夏越し (Nagoshi), 夏蝉 (natsuzemi) (ruby: (なつ), (ぜみ)), 夏鳥 (natsudori) (ruby: (なつ), (どり)), 夏場 (natsuba) (ruby: (なつ), ()) (english: summertime), 夏深し (natsufukashi) (ruby: (なつ), (ふか)), 夏祭, 夏祭り (natsu-matsuri), (natsume) (ruby: (ナツメ)) (english: jujube), 夏休, 夏休み (natsuyasumi) (english: summer break), 夏山 (natsuyama) (ruby: (なつ), (やま)), 夏の大三角 (Natsu no Daisankaku), 夏の大三角形 (Natsu no Daisankakkei), 常夏 (tokonatsu) (ruby: (とこ), (なつ)), 真夏 (manatsu) (ruby: (), (なつ)) (english: midsummer), 翌夏 (yokunatsu) (ruby: (よく), (なつ)) (english: next summer)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɡe̞] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), ge [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 夏 (MC haeH). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing. Also used in the Man'yōshū (759 CE) as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨ge₁⟩. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=け'}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|夏|id=2}} 夏 (MC haeH), {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{IPAfont|⟨ge₁⟩}} ⟨ge₁⟩ Head templates: {{ja-noun|げ}} 夏(げ) • (ge)
  1. (Buddhism) summer according to the lunisolar calendar; the ninety days starting from the sixteenth day of the fourth month until the fifteenth day of the seventh month Derived forms: 夏解, 夏明き (geaki), 夏安居 (geango) (ruby: (), (あん), ()) Related terms: 安居 (ango) (ruby: (あん), ())
    Sense id: en-夏-ja-noun-7ev4Kz7i Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Buddhism, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms read with kan'on, Calendar, Japanese terms read with goon, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō) Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 2 7 10 4 3 10 27 4 8 0 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kan'on: 0 2 4 19 8 1 2 15 8 16 0 26 Disambiguation of Calendar: 0 1 6 9 4 2 1 3 4 7 0 63 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Kaka",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "華",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "夏",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "華夏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "geshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "夏",
          "げ"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "夏時"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Xia Dynasty",
      "roman": "Kachō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "夏",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "朝",
          "ちょう"
        ]
      ],
      "translation": "Xia Dynasty",
      "word": "夏朝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "summer fires, winter fans; useless things",
      "roman": "karo tōsen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "夏",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "炉",
          "ろ"
        ],
        [
          "冬",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "扇",
          "せん"
        ]
      ],
      "translation": "summer fires, winter fans; useless things",
      "word": "夏炉冬扇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "geshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "夏",
          "げ"
        ],
        [
          "至",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "夏至"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "夏臘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "gerō",
      "word": "夏﨟"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "last summer",
      "roman": "sakka",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "昨",
          "さっ"
        ],
        [
          "夏",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "translation": "last summer",
      "word": "昨夏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shunka shūtō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "春",
          "しゅん"
        ],
        [
          "夏",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "秋",
          "しゅう"
        ],
        [
          "冬",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "春夏秋冬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "beginning summer",
      "roman": "shoka",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "初",
          "しょ"
        ],
        [
          "夏",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "translation": "beginning summer",
      "word": "初夏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "消夏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shōka",
      "word": "銷夏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "seika",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "盛",
          "せい"
        ],
        [
          "夏",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "盛夏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "tōsen karo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "冬",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "扇",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "夏",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "炉",
          "ろ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "冬扇夏炉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "ending summer",
      "roman": "banka",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "晩",
          "ばん"
        ],
        [
          "夏",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "translation": "ending summer",
      "word": "晩夏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mōka",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "孟",
          "もう"
        ],
        [
          "夏",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "孟夏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "first day of summer",
      "roman": "rikka",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "立",
          "りっ"
        ],
        [
          "夏",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "translation": "first day of summer",
      "word": "立夏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "reika",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "冷",
          "れい"
        ],
        [
          "夏",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "冷夏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "gege",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "解",
          "げ"
        ],
        [
          "夏",
          "げ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "解夏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "ketsuge",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "結",
          "けつ"
        ],
        [
          "夏",
          "げ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "結夏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "hange",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "半",
          "はん"
        ],
        [
          "夏",
          "げ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "半夏"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Second grade kyōiku kanji",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 2 3 16 7 1 2 3 7 13 15 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Seasons",
          "orig": "ja:Seasons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "summer"
      ],
      "id": "en-夏-ja-character-6DZkJVxp",
      "links": [
        [
          "summer",
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        ]
      ],
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        "kanji"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
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          "_dis": "29 25 46",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 26 46",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "24 23 52",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "19 17 30 7 3 1 1 5 3 6 0 9",
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          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "0 34 66",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "0 34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "China"
      ],
      "id": "en-夏-ja-character-EENoKQMv",
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        [
          "China",
          "China"
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      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "夏"
}

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        "1": "ja:"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "wp"
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  "etymology_text": "/natu/ → /nat͡su/\nFrom Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *natu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "夏",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "夏",
          "なつ"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "proverbs": [
    {
      "roman": "natsu utau mono wa fuyu naku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "夏",
          "なつ"
        ],
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "者",
          "もの"
        ],
        [
          "冬",
          "ふゆ"
        ],
        [
          "泣",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "夏歌う者は冬泣く"
    },
    {
      "roman": "natsu no kosode",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "夏",
          "なつ"
        ],
        [
          "小",
          "こ"
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        [
          "袖",
          "そで"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "夏の小袖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "natsu mo kosode",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "夏",
          "なつ"
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        [
          "小",
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        [
          "袖",
          "そで"
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      ],
      "word": "夏も小袖"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "natsuakane",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "夏",
              "ナツ"
            ],
            [
              "茜",
              "アカネ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "夏茜"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Natsui",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "夏",
              "なつ"
            ],
            [
              "井",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "夏井"
        },
        {
          "roman": "natsuinu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "夏",
              "なつ"
            ],
            [
              "犬",
              "いぬ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "夏犬"
        },
        {
          "roman": "natsu uguisu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "夏",
              "なつ"
            ],
            [
              "鶯",
              "うぐいす"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "夏鶯"
        },
        {
          "roman": "natsuuri",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "夏",
              "ナツ"
            ],
            [
              "瓜",
              "ウリ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "夏瓜"
        },
        {
          "roman": "natsuobi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "夏",
              "なつ"
            ],
            [
              "帯",
              "おび"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "夏帯"
        },
        {
          "roman": "natsukusa",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "夏",
              "なつ"
            ],
            [
              "草",
              "くさ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "夏草"
        },
        {
          "word": "夏茱萸"
        },
        {
          "roman": "natsugumi",
          "word": "夏胡頽子"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Nagoshi no Harae",
          "word": "夏越しの祓"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Nagoshi",
          "word": "夏越し"
        },
        {
          "roman": "natsuzemi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "夏",
              "なつ"
            ],
            [
              "蝉",
              "ぜみ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "夏蝉"
        },
        {
          "roman": "natsudori",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "夏",
              "なつ"
            ],
            [
              "鳥",
              "どり"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "夏鳥"
        },
        {
          "english": "summertime",
          "roman": "natsuba",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "夏",
              "なつ"
            ],
            [
              "場",
              "ば"
            ]
          ],
          "translation": "summertime",
          "word": "夏場"
        },
        {
          "roman": "natsufukashi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "夏",
              "なつ"
            ],
            [
              "深",
              "ふか"
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      "roman": "natsugumi",
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      "roman": "Nagoshi no Harae",
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      "word": "夏解"
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      "ipa": "[ɡe̞]"
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.