Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 夏
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夏 |
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Meaning |
summer |
Pronunciation |
xià |
Explanation |
From top: cover 一 (against the sun), I, myself 自 (The emphasized ノ eye 目 is myself.), upturned foot (=sitting cross-legged) 夂 |
Mnemonic
| Covered (= in the shade) I myself sit cross-legged, because it is summer. |
Radicals
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一
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one | |
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頁
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head, leader | (Picture 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.) |
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夂
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upturned foot | (upturned foot or crossed legs - do not mistake with the hand with a stick:  /攴) |
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自
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self | |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 夏季 |
xià jì |
summer | | 夏天 |
xià tiān |
summer |
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