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
- —処暑"limit of heat" solar term (approx. August 23, when the weather is said to start cooling down)
- —暑夏hot summer
- —薄暑light heat at the beginning of the summer
- —秋暑lingering heat (in autumn)
- —蒸暑sultry; muggy; steamy; sticky; hot and humid
- —溽暑sultry; muggy; steamy; sticky; hot and humid; 6th month of the lunar calendar
- —耐暑resistance to heat
- —避暑地place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat
- —避暑客summer visitor
- —猛暑日day on which the temperature rises above 35°C; extremely hot day
- —耐暑性heat resistance
- —酷暑日day on which the temperature rises above 35°C; extremely hot day; day on which the temperature rises above 40°C
- —暑中りheatstroke; heat prostration
- —暑中伺いsummer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
- —暑中休暇summer vacation
- —酷寒猛暑bitter cold and fierce heat
- —暑気払いavoiding the summer heat; beating the summer heat
- —暑熱順化heat acclimation; heat acclimatization; adapting to heat (of one's body)
- —暑を避けるto summer; to go away for the summer
- —残暑見舞いlate-summer greeting card (sent from about August 8 onward)