Memory phrase for the character: 夏

夏

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Meaning

summer

Pronunciation

 xià

Explanation

 From top: a cover 一 (as sun protection), I, myself 自 (The emphasized ノ eye 目 as myself.), upturned foot (= sitting cross-legged) 夂

Mnemonic
 
Covered (= in the shade) I myself sit cross-legged, because it is summer.

Radicals

一 one
頁 head, leaderPicture of an eye 目 with emphasized eye-brows 首 to express the special: the head or the chief. (When used as a radical often without eye-brows 頁 meaning forehead). It is always at the right side of a character.
夂 upturned footupturned foot or sitting crossed-legged - Do not mistake with the: "hand with a stick": /攴
自 selfThe Radical shows an eye 目 and has an emphasis ノ to express that the own person is meant.
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 Vocabulary

夏季 xià jì  summer
夏天 xià tiān  summer
夏天 xià tiān  

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