暑
heat; hot weather; summer heat
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How 暑 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
日 (semantic, “sun”) + 者 (phonetic, zhě)
How to remember it
summer heat · Heisig RSH #2300
sun + puppet
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 者
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 者 (zhě) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 者 sound component | zhě | that which; they who; those who |
| 都 | dōu | all, each, entirely, whole; metropolis; capital |
| 猪 | zhū | pig, hog, wild boar |
| 诸 | zhū | all, many, various; surname |
| 著 | zhù | to show, to prove, to make known |
| 署 | shǔ | bureau, public office; to sign |
| 赌 | dǔ | to bet, to gamble, to wager |
| 绪 | xù | mental state; thread, clue |
| 屠 | tú | to butcher, to slaughter; massacre |
| 煮 | zhǔ | to boil, to cook |
| 堵 | dǔ | wall; to stop, to prevent, to block |
| 奢 | shē | exaggerated; extravagant, wasteful |
| 睹 | dǔ | to look at, to gaze at; to observe |
| 渚 | zhǔ | islet, sandbar |
| 箸 | zhù | chopsticks |
| 褚 | zhǔ | bag, valise; to pad, to stuff; surname |
| 赭 | zhě | hematite; ochre, reddish-brown |
| 啫 | zhě | onomatopoeic; an interjection of warning |
| 楮 | chǔ | mulberry; paper |
Words containing 暑
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暑期学校 | shǔ qī xué xiào | summer school |
| 放暑假 | fàng shǔ jià | to be on summer vacation |
| 防暑降温 | fáng shǔ jiàng wēn | to prevent heatstroke and reduce temperature |
| 大暑 | Dà shǔ | Dashu or Great Heat, 12th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd July-6th August |
| 中暑 | zhòng shǔ | to suffer heat exhaustion; sunstroke; heatstroke |
| 暑天 | shǔ tiān | hot (summer) day |
| 小暑 | Xiǎo shǔ | Xiaoshu or Lesser Heat, 11th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd July |
| 暑气 | shǔ qì | (summer) heat |
| 避暑山庄 | bì shǔ shān zhuāng | mountain resort; Qing imperial summer residence at Chengde, a world heritage site |
| 寒暑假 | hán shǔ jià | winter and summer vacations |
| 暑热 | shǔ rè | hot (summer) weather |
| 解暑 | jiě shǔ | to beat the summer heat |
| 暑期 | shǔ qī | summer vacation time |
| 处暑 | Chǔ shǔ | Chushu or End of Heat, 14th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd August-7th September |
| 受暑 | shòu shǔ | to suffer heatstroke; to suffer heat exhaustion |
| 暑假 | shǔ jià | summer vacation; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 去暑 | qù shǔ | to beat the summer heat |
| 暑温 | shǔ wēn | summer-warm disease (TCM) |
| 消暑 | xiāo shǔ | to spend a summer holiday; to beat the summer heat |
| 避暑 | bì shǔ | to be away for the summer holidays; to spend a holiday at a summer resort; to prevent suns… |