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暑

暑 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. あつい。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「日」+音符「者」。「あつい」を意味する漢語｛暑｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

sultry, hot, summer heat

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショElem.
Kun (native)
  • あつ(い)Elem.
Other languages
  • 拼音shu3
  • 한글seo
  • Hán-ViệtThử

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
日(ひ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 3
Unicode
U+6691

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱日者

Words using this kanji

  • 暑さあつさあつさ 参照heat (of the weather), hotness
  • 暑いあついhot, warm, sultry, heated
  • 暑中しょちゅう暦の上で最も暑いとされる夏の期間。一般に、夏の土用の期間、即ち、立秋までの18日間を言う。height of summer, high summer, hottest part of the summer
  • 暑中見舞しょちゅうみまいsummer greeting card, inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
  • 暑しょheat, midsummer
  • 暑気しょき（しょき、あつけ）夏の暑さ。 （あつけ）暑気中り。summer heat, hot weather, heatstroke
  • 暑熱しょねつ夏の暑さ。summer heat, intense heat
  • 暑夏しょか平年より高温の夏。 夏の暑い時期。hot summer
  • 暑がりあつがりbeing sensitive to the heat, person who is sensitive to the heat
  • 暑がるあつがるto appear to suffer from the heat, to complain of the heat, to swelter
  • 暑中りしょあたりheatstroke, heat prostration
  • 暑苦しいあつくるしいsultry, sweltering, stuffy, oppressively hot
  • 暑中伺いしょちゅううかがいsummer greeting card, inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
  • 暑中休暇しょちゅうきゅうかsummer vacation
  • 暑い盛りあついさかりheat of the day, hottest part of the day
  • 暑気払いしょきばらい（夏の）暑さを払い除けること。また、そのための方策。消暑。avoiding the summer heat, beating the summer heat
  • 暑さ指数あつさしすう湿球黒球温度の日本の官庁での呼称。wet bulb globe temperature index, WBGT index, heat stress index
  • 暑熱順化しょねつじゅんかheat acclimation, heat acclimatization, adapting to heat (of one's body)
  • 暑さしのぎあつさしのぎrelief from the heat
  • 暑を避けるしょをさけるto summer, to go away for the summer

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-4-8
Four Corner
6060.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4c8.5
Heisig
1350
Nelson
2138