夏
/ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
ÇINCE → TR
Tanım
•great; grand; magnificent; eminent · a large house / hall · the Xia people; the people of the Central Plains; by extension, China; the Chinese
Etimoloji
Some scholars identify an oracle bone character ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 日 (“sun”) + 頁 (“head; man”) as this character – a man under the scorching sun; summer. However, it only appears as a diviner's name, making the identification uncertain. In Spring and Autumn period bronze inscriptions, various variants appeared. 止 (“foot”) was often added below the man, and in some forms 日 was removed…