暑 shǔ hot
hot; heat; summer
怎么记住“暑”: 日 sun + 者 one who = hot. Under the blazing sun, the one who gives the weather news on TV warns that the whole week will be very hot.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
暑 = 日 sun + 者 one who
- 日 sun meaning
- 者 one who sound
Under the blazing sun, the one who gives the weather news on TV warns that the whole week will be very hot.
How it came to be
The sun gives the meaning and the part below the sound: heat.
用法
- 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.