Question

夏 なつ 夏(なつ): summer夏休み(なつやすみ): summer vacation; summer holiday 2 一: one; one radical (no.1)自: oneself夂: winter radical (no. 34) 夊 3 (none) summer I personally think it was too confusing to try and use head as the primitive. (How am I supposed to remember that the animal legs are replaced with walking legs instead of human legs?) Rather, I think have the image of a hot summer and you want to keep oneself under a ceiling not out jogging around.

Accepted Answer

カ、ガ、ゲ summer 4 659 10 35 なつあし・すいにょう 象形 Pictographic In SUMMER you are hot from the top of your head down to your walking legs.

Kanji	夏
Onyomi	カ、ガ、ゲ
Kunyomi	なつ
English	summer
Examples	夏(なつ): summer 夏休み(なつやすみ): summer vacation; summer holiday
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	659
Components	一: one; one radical (no.1) 自: oneself 夂: winter radical (no. 34)
Number of Strokes	10
Kanji Radical	夊
Radical Number	35
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	なつあし・すいにょう
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	summer
Koohii Story 1	In SUMMER you are hot from the top of your head down to your walking legs.
Koohii Story 2	I personally think it was too confusing to try and use head as the primitive. (How am I supposed to remember that the animal legs are replaced with walking legs instead of human legs?) Rather, I think have the image of a hot summer and you want to keep oneself under a ceiling not out jogging around.

Summer I Radical Oneself Hot Head Walking Legs