熱

heat

Stroke count: 15

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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

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

Stroke Order

15 strokes

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