盛夏

Chinese

		flourishing; to hold; contain flourishing; to hold; contain; to ladle; pick up with a utensil; surname	summer; Xia (proper name)
trad. (盛夏)		盛	夏
simp. #(盛夏)		盛	夏

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	盛	夏
Reading #	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	承正切	胡駕切
Baxter	dzyengH	haeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇŋH/	/ɦˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛŋH/	/ɦᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiæŋH/	/ɣaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiajŋH/	/ɦaɨH/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛŋH/	/ɣaH/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛŋH/	/ɣaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛŋH/	/ɣaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shèng	xià
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing6	haa6

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	盛	夏
Reading #	2/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shèng	xià
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyengH ›	‹ hæH ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]eŋ-s/	/*[ɡ]ˁraʔ/ (~ *[ɡ]ˁraʔ-s)
English	full, abundant	summer
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盛	夏
Reading #	2/2	2/2
No.	1425	13454
Phonetic component	成	夏
Rime group	耕	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	盛	暇
Old Chinese	/*djeŋs/	/*ɡraːs/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁶ haa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngsià
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-hsia⁴
    • Yale: shèng-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqshiah
    • Palladius: шэнся (šɛnsja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁶ haa⁶
    • Yale: sihng hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁶ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁶ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²² haː²²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyengH haeH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]eŋ-s  [ɡ]ˤraʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djeŋs  ɡraːs/

Noun

盛夏

1. midsummer; height of summer; very hot weather

Synonyms

• 盛暑 (shèngshǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
盛	夏
せい Grade: 6	か Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーか [séꜜèkà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːka̠]

Noun

盛(せい)夏(か) • (seika) 

1. midsummer

   Synonym: 真夏 (manatsu)

   Antonym: 真冬 (mafuyu)

See also

• 酷暑(こくしょ) (kokusho, “oppressive heat”)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN