Character: 夏
Modern (Beijing) reading: xià
Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)rāʔs
Classic Old Chinese: g(h)rāh
Western Han Chinese: grāh (~ ɣ-)
Eastern Han Chinese: grāh (~ ɣ-)
Early Postclassic Chinese: gạ̄̀ (~ ɣ-)
Middle Postclassic Chinese: gạ̄̀ (~ ɣ-)
Late Postclassic Chinese: gạ̄̀ (~ ɣ-)
Middle Chinese: ɣạ̀
English meaning : summer
Russian meaning[s]: 1) лето; летний; 2) большой, огромный; 3) Ся (древнее название Китая); 4) Ся (мифическая первая династия в Китае 2205 - 1766 г. до н. э.; 5) Ся (фамилия)
Comments: Used also for *g(h)rāʔ, MC ɣạ́ (FQ 胡雅) 'variegated; great; name of the Xia dynasty'. In Viet. there is also a colloquial reading hè.
Radical: 35
Four-angle index: 6274
Karlgren code: 0036 a-b
Vietnamese reading: hạ
Jianchuan Bai: ɣo7-
Dali Bai: śa4-
