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Kanji Detail for 暑 - "hot, summer, heat"

  • Meaning

    暑 means "hot, summer, heat."

    1. Hot - High temperature weather; summer heat.

    2. Summer - Hot season.

  • Words using

    • 暑さ あつさ Listen heat (of the weather); hotness
    • 猛暑 もうしょ Listen heat wave; fierce heat
    • 残暑 ざんしょ Listen late summer heat; lingering summer heat
    • 避暑 ひしょ Listen escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering
    • 暑い あつい Listen hot; warm; sultry
    • 蒸し暑い むしあつい Listen humid; sultry
    • 暑中見舞 しょちゅうみまい Listen summer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
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    • Verified meaning: hot, summer, heat
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あつ)

    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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Sentences including

  • What a hot day it is !

  • It is unbearably hot this summer.

  • He doesn't like the heat of the summer.

  • It's awfully hot today.

  • It was a very , very hot night.

  • How hot it is !

  • I don't like studying in this heat.

  • It's simply too hot to do anything today.

  • The weather stayed hot for two weeks.

  • Japan is hot and sticky in summer.

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