You Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Walk (chuò)
Character: Xia
Kangxi Strokes: 16
Page 1261, Entry 25
Pronounced xia.
According to the Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters (Shuowen), it means far.
Book of Documents (Shangshu), Chapter Taijia: If one wishes to ascend to great distances, one must begin from what is near.
Songs of Chu (Chuci), Far Roaming: Drifting along with ease, I undertake a distant journey.
It is also interchangeable with the word for what or why (he).
Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes: Why would one not speak of it?
Great Odes: Why would one not employ capable people?
Also, rhyming with the sound he (level tone).
Zuo Si, Rhapsody on the Wei Capital (Weidu Fu): Living in retirement in a narrow lane, my dwelling is close but my heart is far. Rich in benevolence and favoring righteousness, I am not ensnared by the competition for status.
Also, rhyming with the sound hu (level tone).
Yang Xiong, Great Mystery (Taixuanjing): If the boat is missing and the carriage is broken, the harm will not be far off.
Correction: In the reference to the Songs of Chu (Chuci), the original text cited the Nine Declarations (Jiuzhang), but it has been corrected to the Far Roaming (Yuanyou) section according to the original source.