暑 — kanji meaning “sultry”
暑
sultry, hot, summer heat
- Meanings
- sultry, hot, summer heat
- On'yomi
- ショ (sho)
- Kun'yomi
- あつ.い
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #1442 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 72
- Chinese reading
- shǔ — Chinese character page
Words with 暑
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暑い | あつい atsui | hot; warm; sultry |
| 猛暑 | もうしょ mousho | heat wave; fierce heat |
| 残暑 | ざんしょ zansho | late summer heat; lingering summer heat |
| 酷暑 | こくしょ kokusho | intense heat; severe heat |
| 避暑 | ひしょ hisho | escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering |
| 蒸し暑い | むしあつい mushiatsui | humid; sultry |
| 暑中 | しょちゅう shochuu | height of summer; high summer; hottest part of the summer |
| 暑さ | あつさ atsusa | heat (of the weather); hotness |
| 暑苦しい | あつくるしい atsukurushii | sultry; sweltering; stuffy |
| 炎暑 | えんしょ ensho | heat wave; intense heat |
| 暑がり | あつがり atsugari | being sensitive to the heat; person who is sensitive to the heat |
| 暑気 | しょき shoki | summer heat; hot weather |
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