Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N1

1442 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: sultry, hot, summer heat

Kunyomi: あつ.い

Onyomi: ショ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: sun, day

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

(ざんしょ)   lingering summer heat

(もうしょ)   fierce heat (weather)

(ひしょ)   going to a summer resort

中見舞(しょちゅうみまい)   summer greeting card

い(あつい)   hot

蒸しい(むしあつい)   humid

Onyomi Examples

ショ heat, midsummer

中見舞 ショチュウミマイ summer greeting card, inquiry after someone's health in the hot season

ザンショ late summer heat, lingering summer heat

ヒショ escaping the summer heat, going somewhere cooler during the summer, summering

Kunyomi Examples

あつい hot, warm, sultry, heated, passionate, impassioned, burning (desire, etc.), on everybody's mind, on the radar, du jour, interested (gaze, etc.)

い盛り あついさかり heat of the day, hottest part of the day