夏 (Xià)

the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–4

Etymology

Pictograph of a person, represented by their head (頁) and feet (夂), being heated underneath the sun (日). The sun component was later omitted for brevity during the Warring States period.

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》:“夏,中國之人也。从夊、从頁、从。,兩手;夊,兩足也。,古文(夏)。”

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