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Kanji Information Sheet for 夏  ( PDF version of this Kanji PDF version )

stroke order illustration  
English:
summer		 On-Yomi:
カ
ガ
ゲ		 Kun-Yomi:
なつ
Bushu (Radical) Info: 一 (いち) – one
Henshall Mnemonic: masked head and crossed legs in summer dance
Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #659 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

  • 夏   [なつ]
    (n-adv,n-t) summer   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 夏休み   [なつやすみ]
    (n) summer vacation; summer holiday   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

  • 夏至   [げし]
    (n) summer solstice   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 夏時間   [なつじかん]
    (n) daylight savings time; summer time   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 夏場   [なつば]
    (n) summertime   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 夏場所   [なつばしょ]
    (n) summer wrestling tournament   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 夏物   [なつもの]
    (n) summer goods   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 初夏   [しょか]
    (n) early summer   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 今夏   [こんか]
    (n-adv,n-t) this summer; next summer; last summer   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 真夏   [まなつ]
    (n-adv,n-t) midsummer   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 夏ばて   [なつばて]
    (n) adaptation to summer heat   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 夏期   [かき]
    (n) summer season   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 夏季   [かき]
    (n) summer season   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 冷夏   [れいか]
    (n) a cool summer   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 春夏秋冬   [しゅんかしゅうとう]
    (n-adv,n-t) spring, summer, autumn and winter; the four seasons   [K] [D] [Jisho]
Find more details for 夏 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.