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Summer I Radical Oneself Hot Head Walking Legs

Kanji
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
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.

Tags: jlpt.n4, grade2, kanjifreq501-750, kanji_time_season

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