暑
暑 — Sultry
sultry, hot, summer heat
On’yomiショ (sho)
Kun’yomiあつい (atsui)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 暑
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暑さ | あつさ atsusa | heat (of the weather); hotness |
| 猛暑 | もうしょ mousho | heat wave; fierce heat |
| 残暑 | ざんしょ zansho | late summer heat; lingering summer heat |
| 暑い | あつい atsui | hot; warm; sultry |
| 蒸し暑い | むしあつい mushiatsui | humid; sultry |
| 避暑 | ひしょ hisho | escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering |
Study notes
暑 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 3), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1442 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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