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暑

Readings

Kana: ショ、あつ.い
Romaji: sho, atsu.i
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

sultry, hot, summer heat

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  72
Frequency:  1442
Grade:  3
Skip Pattern:  2-4-8
Korean Reading:  seo
Chinese Reading:  shu3
Unicode:  6691
JIS:  3D6B

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2473
Nelson Index: 2138
New Nelson Index: 2484
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4c8.5
Four Corner Index: 6060.4
Guide to Remembering Index: 313
Gakken Index: 1254
Japanese Names Index: 1738A
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14031P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0911
Remembering the kanji Index: 1260
Kanji Flashcards Index: 190
Kodansha Compact Index: 976
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 329
Kanji in Context Index: 119
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1600
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2182
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1268
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1350
Essential Kanji Index: 476
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3121
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3878
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 247
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 400

Words

暑 (しょ)
heat; midsummer
避暑 (ひしょ)
summering; going to a summer resort
お暑うございます (おあつうございます)
it is warm (very polite)
大暑 (たいしょ)
blistering heat; "major heat" solar term (approx. July 23)
暑を避ける (しょをさける)
to summer; to go away for the summer
暑い (あつい)
hot (weather, etc.); warm
猛暑 (もうしょ)
heat wave; fierce heat
盛暑 (せいしょ)
height of summer
暑さ凌ぎ (あつさしのぎ)
relief from the heat
暑気 (しょき)
hot weather; sunstroke; heatstroke
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