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		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	summer; Xia (proper name)
trad. (初夏)		初	夏
simp. ^#(初夏)		初	夏

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūxià

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ haa⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhû-ha

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chusià
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-hsia⁴
  - Yale: chū-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chushiah
  - Palladius: чуся (čusja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: co¹ haa⁶
  - Yale: chō hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: co¹ ha⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ haː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhû-ha
  - Hakka Romanization System: cu^ˊ ha
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cu¹ ha⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ ha⁵⁵/

初夏

early summer (generally)

初夏

(archaic) The fourth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

梅月 (Méiyuè), 麥月／麦月, 清和 (Qīnghé), 桐夏, 余月, 孟夏 (Mèngxià), 純月／纯月

Kanji in this term
初	夏
しょ Grade: 4	か Grade: 2
on'yomi

初(しょ)夏(か) • (shoka)

beginning of summer

夏(なつ) (natsu): summer
晩夏(ばんか) (banka): end of summer