xià
summer
Pictograph of a person, represented by their head (頁) and feet (夂), being heated underneath the sun (日). The sun component was later omitted for brevity during the Warring States period.
Components
Evolution
![夏 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC) 夏 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%A4%8F_0.png)
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)![夏 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC) 夏 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%A4%8F_2.png)
Bronze script
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)![夏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 夏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%A4%8F_16.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![夏 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD) 夏 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%A4%8F_21.png)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
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