暑 meaning and stroke order
Hot; heat; summer
How to write 暑, stroke by stroke
12 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 暑
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- heat
- hot weather
- summer heat
How 暑 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Sun.
日 gives the meaning and 者 hints at the sound.
Radical: 日 (sun), shared by 116 characters on this site.
How to remember 暑
The sun 日 sits on top of 者, which gives the sound. Picture the sun beating down on someone in midsummer to remember 暑 (shǔ), summer heat.
暑 rarely appears alone in modern Chinese and usually shows up in words like 暑假 (shǔjià) and 中暑 (zhòngshǔ). Example: 我们七月放暑假。(Wǒmen qīyuè fàng shǔjià.) We start summer vacation in July.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 暑 (shǔ, summer heat) with 署 (shǔ, office), which has the same pronunciation and the 者 part but has 罒 on top instead of 日. Remember that heat needs the sun 日.
Common words with 暑
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
暑 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 暑
How many strokes are in 暑?
暑 is written with 12 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 暑 mean?
暑 (shǔ) means hot; heat; summer. A common word with it is 暑假 (shǔjià), meaning "summer vacation".
How do you pronounce 暑?
暑 is pronounced shǔ, in the third tone (dipping).
What is the radical of 暑?
The radical of 暑 is 日, which carries the idea of "sun". Dictionaries list 暑 under this radical.
Is 暑 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 暑 is part of the HSK 4 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard, and you are expected to write it by hand from HSK 3.
What is the difference between 暑 and 热?
热 (rè) is the everyday word for hot and can describe weather, food, or objects. 暑 refers specifically to the heat of summer and mostly appears in set words like 暑假 and 避暑.
How do you say winter vacation if summer vacation is 暑假?
Winter vacation is 寒假 (hánjià), using 寒 (hán, cold). The two words form a natural pair for the school year.