Keyword
hot
- sultry
- summer heat
- Frequency
- #1442
- Strokes
- 12
- Grade
- 3
- JLPT (old)
- N3
- Heisig
- 1350
Readings
ショ70%
あつ30%
Mnemonic
The sun blazes on someone dragging a cart across the yard, face dripping and shirt soaked: it is awfully hot.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
暑い
hot; warm; sultry; heated; passionate; impassioned; burning (desire, etc.); on everybody's mind; on the radar; du jour; …
I-adjective
暑苦しい
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; oppressively hot; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
I-adjective
処暑
"limit of heat" solar term (approx. August 23, when the weather is said to start cooling down)
Noun