暑 — sultry, hot, summer heat

あつい暑 sultry

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes weather

U+6691 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1442 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1350 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

sultry
hot
summer heat

word

あつ atsu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

暑(あつ) い atsui hot (weather) 蒸(む) し暑(あつ) い mushiatsui hot and humid

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

ひ日 sun #72

もの者 someone

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#72 日 sun