立夏

Chinese
set up; to stand summer; Xia (proper name)
trad. (立夏) 立 夏
simp. #(立夏) 立 夏

Pronunciation

Proper noun

立夏

  1. first day of summer, beginning of summer (one of the solar terms, around May the 5th, 6th, or 7th)

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (立夏):
  • → Japanese: 立夏(りっか) (rikka)
  • → Korean: 립하(立夏) (ripha), 입하(立夏) (ipha)

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
立 夏
りつ > りっ
Grade: 1		 か
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Proper noun

立(りっ)夏(か) • (Rikka) ←りつか (Rituka)?

  1. First day of summer, beginning of summer (one of the solar terms)
  2. a female given name

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
立夏

Proper noun

立夏

  1. chữ Hán form of Lập hạ (“first day of summer, beginning of summer (one of the solar terms”).
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