暑 shǔ hot
hot; heat; summer
How to remember 暑: 日 sun + 者 specialist = hot. Under the blazing sun, the weather specialist on TV warns that the whole week will be very hot.
Component breakdown
暑 = 日 sun + 者 specialist
- 日 sun
- 者 specialist
Under the blazing sun, the weather specialist on TV warns that the whole week will be very hot.
How it is used
- Refers specifically to the heat of summer. 暑假 (shǔjià) = summer vacation, paired with 寒假 (hánjià) winter vacation.
- 中暑 (zhòngshǔ) = to suffer heatstroke; 避暑 (bìshǔ) = to escape the summer heat (go somewhere cool).
- Don't confuse with the homophone 署 (office) or 薯 (potato) - this 暑 has the 日 (sun) on top.