U+590F "夏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
夏
U+590F "夏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "summer," though it also carries historical and cultural significance as an ancient dynasty name, the Xia, and can refer to the broader concept of the Chinese people or civilization in classical contexts. In modern usage, it appears in words like "夏天" (summer) and "华夏" (ancient name for China), and its written form combines elements representing a person with outstretched arms and a symbol of the sun, evoking warmth and energy. This character is part of the CJK unified ideographs block and is fundamental in both traditional and simplified Chinese scripts, appearing in everyday language as well as literary and historical texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+590F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 夏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 夏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA4 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x590F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000590F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u590f |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AE4C |
| kCCCII | 213878 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-546E |
| kCNS1992 | 1-546E |
| kCangjie | MUHE |
| kCantonese | haa6 |
| kCihaiT | 335.108 |
| kCowles | 909 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0485.290 |
| kDefinition | summer; great, grand, big |
| kEACC | 213878 |
| kFanqie | 胡雅 胡駕 |
| kFenn | 854A |
| kFennIndex | 165.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1024.7 |
| kGB0 | 4736 |
| kGB1 | 4736 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0036a |
| kHangul | 하:0E |
| kHanYu | 20869.100 |
| kHanyuPinlu | xià(197) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20869.100:xià,jiǎ |
| kHKGlyph | 0826 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0485.290 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20869.100 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0245.120 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4F44 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AE4C |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3246 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F2BD |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-793E |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-546E |
| kJapanese | カ ゲ なつ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:1862 |
| kJapaneseKun | NATSU |
| kJapaneseOn | KA GE |
| kJis0 | 1838 |
| kKangXi | 0245.120 |
| kKarlgren | 136 |
| kKorean | HA |
| kLau | 1084 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1115 |
| kMandarin | xià |
| kMatthews | 2521 |
| kMeyerWempe | 615 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009420 MJ009420:E0101 MJ009419:E0102 MJ057256:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 05720:E0102 |
| kNelson | 0058 |
| kPhonetic | 413 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1350+35.3.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 35.7 |
| kSBGY | 308.26 422.47 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 144.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xià粵haa6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1115 |
| kTang | *hǎ |
| kTGHZ2013 | 396.160:xià |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 244:243 |
| kXHC1983 | 1243.020:xià |