The kanji 夏 represents "summer". It embodies the ideas of heat, warmth, and the season when the sun is at its strongest. The character encapsulates the feeling of the warmest part of the year, a time of long days, and vibrant life.

・On-yomi (音読み): カ (ka) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): なつ (natsu)

⚫︎夏休み Translation: Summer vacation. ⚫︎夏服 Translation: Summer clothes. ⚫︎夏祭り Translation: Summer festival.

The kanji 夏 is a pictograph. It depicts a person with a head and body, and the parts above indicate the sun, suggesting the heat of the sun in summer. It originally represented a person dancing under the hot sun. Over time, the form has simplified.