• 1124th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 82 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xià (Xia4)the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC • Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432) • surname Xia
2. xià (xia4)summer

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

夏天 

Uncommon

初夏 
夏威夷 
夏娃 
夏季 
夏日 
夏河 
夏洛克 
宁夏 (寧夏)
春夏秋冬 
盛夏 
华夏 (華夏)

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  • 574th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 352 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (he2)river • CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (he2)The component is pronounced as '' (ke3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (he2)The component is pronounced as '' (ke4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

夏河 
天河 
天河区 (天河區)
河北 
河南 
河东 (河東)
河流 
河源 
河谷 
河边 (河邊)
银河 (銀河)
黄河 (黃河)

Uncommon

先河 
冰河 
北戴河 
口若悬河 (口若懸河)
塞纳河 (塞納河)
多瑙河 
大渡河 
小河 
尼罗河 (尼羅河)
山河 
广河 (廣河)
恒河 (恆河)
爱河 (愛河)
拔河 
楚河汉界 (楚河漢界)
气壮山河 (氣壯山河)
江河 
江河湖海 
沈河区 (沈河區)
沙河 
河内 (河內)
河北区 (河北區)
河北省 
河南省 
河口 
河岸 
河川 
河床 
河东区 (河東區)
河水 
河池 
河滨 (河濱)
河畔 
河粉 
河蟹 
河西 
河西区 (河西區)
河豚 
河道 
河马 (河馬)
海河 
淮河 
清水河 
清河 
湄公河 
漠河 
漯河 
石河子 
红河 (紅河)
临河 (臨河)
莱茵河 (萊茵河)
苏州河 (蘇州河)
护城河 (護城河)
跳河 
通河 
运河 (運河)
银河系 (銀河系)
开河 (開河)
陆河 (陸河)
香河 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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