夏, a compound ideographic character of originally a human figure representing a “great” man, serves as phonetic component to form characters. Continue reading “Component 夏 a human figure representing a great man”
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How is 夏 from？
夏 originally meant ”people in the central state” and later was used to mean “summer” in the sense
that it looks like a person with bare foot and exposed arms.
