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熱

heat
Stroke count: 15

Readings

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JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 4

Meanings

  1. heatRtK
  2. temperature
    熱いまま、または冷まし常温で供する。It is served while hot or after cooled to room temperature.wiki
  3. fever
    彼は少し熱があるようだ。He seems to have a touch of fever.tatoeba
    彼の体は熱でほてってきた。He was burning with fever.tatoeba
  4. mania
  5. passion
    彼の音楽熱はいつまでもさめない。Music is his abiding passion.tatoeba
  1. zeal

Synonyms

ヒート熱気

Popular Usage

熱い加熱

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mini-tractor · rice seedlings · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · human legs (儿) · fat man · musashimaru · round · nine (九) · baseball · drop (丶) · oven-fire (灬) · barbecue (灬)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1634

Compound words

熱いあつい
hot (to the touch); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. gaze); hot (e.g. temper)
加熱かねつ
heating; application of heat
熱燗あつかん
hot sake
過熱かねつ
overheating; excessive heating; superheating (heating a liquid above its boiling point without causing it to boil); going to excess; running too hot
解熱げねつ
lowering a fever; alleviation of fever
高熱こうねつ
high fever; intense heat
情熱じょうねつ
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
耐熱たいねつ
heat-resisting
熱意ねつい
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
熱気ねっき
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fervour
熱狂ねっきょう
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
熱心ねっしん
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen
熱帯ねったい
tropics
熱中ねっちゅう
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
熱湯ねっとう
boiling water
熱病ねつびょう
fever; febrile disease
熱弁ねつべん
impassioned speech; fervent speech
熱烈ねつれつ
ardent; passionate; vehement
白熱はくねつ
white heat; incandescence; (emitting) white light; white glow; becoming excited
発熱はつねつ
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
微熱びねつ
slight fever
熱々あつあつ
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
熱戦ねっせん
fierce fight; close contest
断熱だんねつ
insulation

On Reading Examples

彼は学生運動熱に浮かされている。ねつ
He is being carried away by a student movement.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は勉強熱心である。
He is diligent in his studies.tatoeba
彼は勉強に熱中していて私の呼ぶ声が聞こえなかった。
He was too intent on studying to hear my call.tatoeba
彼は非常に熱心に働いたので成功した。
He worked so hard that he succeeded.tatoeba
彼は彼女の熱烈な願いに負けた。
He yielded to her ardent wishes.tatoeba
炊き立ての熱いご飯を握る事。
Make onigiri by just cooked hot rice.wiki

Stroke Order

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