Memory phrase for the character: 暑


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Meaning

hot weather

Pronunciation

SHO
atsui

Explanation

Top: sun 日, bottom: person 者 (The old man 耂 shows in the sun 日 his whole person.)

Mnemonic


 
The sun is directly above the person - that's hot weather!

Radicals

day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
person
old manWith the radical oigashira, an old man seems to support himself with his stick ノ on the ground 土?




 Vocabulary

暑い あつい  hot, warm
暑中 しょちゅう  mid-summer
蒸し暑い むしあつい  humid, sultry
暑苦しい あつくるしい  sultry, sweltering, stuffy

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