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Kanji Detail for 熱 - "heat, fever, hot"

熱

  • Meaning

    熱 means "heat, fever, hot."

    1. Hot - Having high temperature.

    2. Heat - Warmth; thermal energy.

    3. Fever - An abnormally high temperature.

    4. Passion - Intense enthusiasm.

  • Words using 熱

    • 熱心 ねっしん Listen zealous; enthusiastic; ardent
    • 熱帯 ねったい Listen tropics
    • 情熱 じょうねつ Listen passion; enthusiasm; zeal
    • 熱意 ねつい Listen zeal; enthusiasm; ardor
    • 熱気 ねっき Listen heat; hot air; enthusiasm
    • 熱戦 ねっせん Listen fierce fight; close contest
    • 過熱 かねつ Listen overheating; excessive heating; superheating (heating a liquid above its boiling point without causing it to boil)
    • 熱い あつい Listen hot (to the touch); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent

  • Four-character idioms with 熱

    • 焦熱地獄 しょうねつじごく Listen burning hell; inferno
    • 頭寒足熱 ずかんそくねつ Listen keeping the head cool and feet warm

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    • Verified meaning: heat, fever, hot
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    heat; temperature; fever; mania; passion

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hot; heat; fever; restless; zeal

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    heat, fever, zeal

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The opposite of cold. Temperature exceeding that of the human body. May originate from the sun, from fire, or from friction of materials. All living things contain heat. Growth and change of things also occur due to heat. | Hasty and urgent. Hence being eager for glory and profit is called 熱中 (eager). Earnestly seeking success is called 熱心 (enthusiastic). | [Character analysis] Upper left is 坴, not 幸.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    netsu(ネツ) ネツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    atsu.i(あつ-い) あつ-い

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    火 灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)

  • Related Keywords

    hot heat fever bustling excite passion ardor boiling burn devotion enthusiasm fervor fiery flame intensity scorching warm

Sentences including 熱

  • Let me make you a cup of hot coffee.

  • My fever won't go away.

  • She is very hardworking.

  • She is keen to go abroad.

  • She must have worked very hard.

  • You don't have a temperature.

  • I had a little fever this morning.

  • Have you taken your temperature?

  • In his younger days he worked very hard.

  • He studied hard in order to pass the examination.

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