continuative of 持つ

summer (season)

a rigid hand fan that does not fold / short for 軍配団扇 (gunbai uchiwa): a rigid fan used for military signaling / a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) featuring an uchiwa design

summer / Xia dynasty

a female given name / a surname

(Buddhism) summer according to the lunisolar calendar; the ninety days starting from the sixteenth day of the fourth month until the fifteenth day of the seventh month

the Xia dynasty (first dynasty of China) / Short for 大夏 (Daika): Xia, one of the Sixteen Kingdoms / Short for 西夏 (Seika): Western Xia, an empire during the Song dynasty / a surname

(sumo) a lacquered wooden fan used for signaling by the 行司 (gyōji, “sumo referee”) / (warfare) a rigid fan used for military signaling / a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) featuring a gunbai uchiwa design

one day

(literary) they (about women or girls)