暑 — hot (weather)

Grade 3 kanji · 12 strokes · on'yomi sho · kun'yomi atsu·i.

Sun (日) + someone (者) suffering — a person suffering under the hot sun.

Example words

• 暑い — atsui — hot
• 暑中 — shocchuu — midsummer

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