Kanji
暑
N1
12 strokes
Grade 3
freq #1442
sultry, hot, summer heat
On'yomi (音読み)
ショ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
あつ.い
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
猛暑
もうしょ
heat wave; fierce heat
残暑
ざんしょ
late summer heat; lingering summer heat
酷暑
こくしょ
intense heat; severe heat
避暑
ひしょ
escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer
暑中
しょちゅう
height of summer; high summer
炎暑
えんしょ
heat wave; intense heat
暑中見舞
しょちゅうみまい
summer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
暑さ
あつさ
heat (of the weather); hotness
蒸し暑い
むしあつい
humid; sultry
暑い
あつい
hot (weather)
Example sentences
夏(なつ)の暑(あつ)さで花(はな)がしおれた。
The flowers faded in the heat of the summer days.
彼(かれ)は部屋(へや)が蒸し暑(むしあつ)すぎると文句(もんく)を言(い)った。
He complained about the room being too hot and humid.
日本(にほん)の夏(なつ)は蒸し暑(むしあつ)い。
Japan is hot and sticky in summer.
彼(かれ)は夏(なつ)の暑(あつ)さが好(す)きではない。
He doesn't like the heat of the summer.