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

  • Meaning

    熱 means "hot, heat, passion."

    1. Hot - Having high temperature.

    2. Heat - Warmth; thermal energy.

    3. Fever - An abnormally high temperature.

    4. Passion - Intense enthusiasm.

  • 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.
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Sentences including

  • 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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