立夏

Traditional form:

立夏

Pinyin (reading):

Lìxià

Definitions:

• Lixia or Start of Summer, 7th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣／二十四节气 5th-20th May

Characters:

• 立 - to stand; to establish, to set up
• 夏 - summer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty

Traditional characters:

• 立 - to stand; to establish, to set up
• 夏 - summer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty