夏 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary 羽 畎 夏 翟 [Classical Chinese, trad and simp ] From: The Book of Documents, circa 7th – 4th centuries BCE yǔquǎn xiàdí [Pinyin] variegated long-tailed pheasants from the ravines of Feather Mountain (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 廈 厦 (“ big house ”) a surname