Kanji1 / 12
暑 kanji
sultry, hot, summer heat
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ショ
Kun readings
あつい
Variant forms
暑Words with 暑
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —酷暑Popularintense heat; severe heat
- —残暑Popularlate summer heat; lingering summer heat
- —暑中Popularheight of summer; high summer; hottest part of the summer
- —避暑Popularescaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering
- —猛暑Popularheat wave; fierce heat
- —暑中見舞Popularsummer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
- —暑中見舞いPopularsummer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
- —暑heat; midsummer
- —炎暑heat wave; intense heat
- —寒暑hot and cold; summer and winter
- —劇暑severe heat; intense heat; oppressive heat
- —厳暑extreme heat
- —向暑approach of the hot season; approaching the hottest time of the year
- —暑気summer heat; hot weather; heatstroke
- —大暑blistering heat; "major heat" solar term (approx. July 23)
- —暑熱heat of summer
- —防暑protection against heat
- —極暑intense heat; hottest season; peak of summer's heat
- —盛暑height of summer
- —小暑"minor heat" solar term (approx. July 7)