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夏 Xia — a top-100 surname
72.6 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Xia |
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| Strokes | 10 |
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| Commonness | a top-100 surname |
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| Type | single-character |
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| Theme | Nature |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname meaning 'summer', linked to the legendary Xia dynasty.
What the character means
High summer — warmth, energy and flourishing life.
Theme basis：夏 = summer
Why it scores this way
Easy to say76
Mostly easy. The only friction is x, which English speakers usually turn into something close.
Recognised in China71
Common enough that most Chinese speakers recognise it (roughly the top 100).
Easy to write70
10 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Xia Yan — Playwright and film pioneer (1900–1995), leader of Chinese cinema in the 1930s.
- Xia Wanchun — Xia Wanchun (1631-1647) was a Ming dynasty poet and anti-Qing martyr. He wrote patriotic verse and was executed at seventeen.
- Xia Nai — Xia Nai (1910-1985) was a Chinese archaeologist and a founder of modern Chinese archaeology, directing excavations such as at Anyang.
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