Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2
JLPT level: N4
659 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 10
Meaning: summer
Kunyomi: なつ
Onyomi: カ ガ ゲ
Composition: 夂
Radical: 夊
Reading: なつあし
Meaning: go slowly
Strokes: 3
夏期講座(かきこうざ) course in summer term
初夏(しょか) early summer
夏至(げし) summer solstice
夏(なつ) summer
真夏(まなつ) midsummer
常夏(とこなつ) everlasting summer
夏 (カ) Xia dynasty (of China; c. 2070-1600 BCE; possibly mythological), Hsia dynasty
夏季 (カキ) summer season
初夏 (ショカ) early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
盛夏 (セイカ) midsummer, height of summer
夏 (ゲ) summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month)
夏至 (ゲシ) summer solstice
一夏 (イチゲ) one summer (during which a monk attends a summer retreat)
半夏 (ハンゲ) crow dipper (Pinellia tuber), 11th day after the summer solstice, last seed-sowing and rice-planting day
夏 (なつ) summer
夏季 (かき) summer season
初夏 (しょか) early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
常夏 (とこなつ) everlasting summer
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2
JLPT level: N4
659 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 10
Meaning: summer
Kunyomi: なつ
Onyomi: カ ガ ゲ
Composition: 夂
Radical: 夊
Reading: なつあし
Meaning: go slowly
Strokes: 3
夏期講座(かきこうざ) course in summer term
初夏(しょか) early summer
夏至(げし) summer solstice
夏(なつ) summer
真夏(まなつ) midsummer
常夏(とこなつ) everlasting summer
夏 (カ) Xia dynasty (of China; c. 2070-1600 BCE; possibly mythological), Hsia dynasty
夏季 (カキ) summer season
初夏 (ショカ) early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
盛夏 (セイカ) midsummer, height of summer
夏 (ゲ) summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month)
夏至 (ゲシ) summer solstice
一夏 (イチゲ) one summer (during which a monk attends a summer retreat)
半夏 (ハンゲ) crow dipper (Pinellia tuber), 11th day after the summer solstice, last seed-sowing and rice-planting day
夏 (なつ) summer
夏季 (かき) summer season
初夏 (しょか) early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
常夏 (とこなつ) everlasting summer