Memory phrase for the character: 熱

熱

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Meaning

heat, temperature, fever

Pronunciation

NETSU
atsui

Explanation

 Left: 坴 (earth 土, eight 八, earth 土), right: round 丸 (sth. nine-九-sided needs an extra stroke 丶 to become round.), bottom: fire 灬

Mnemonic
 
Earth in eight layers around the fire: This will be a heat.

Radicals

坴 eightfold earth
丸 roundThe 'nine' 九 with an extra dash 丶 becomes something round.
土 earthground, soil
灬 fireBoth the radicals renga 灬 and hi 火 are used for fire.




 Vocabulary

熱 ねつ  fever, temperature
熱い あつい  hot (thing)
情熱 じょうねつ  passion, enthusiasm, zeal
熱湯 ねっとう  boiling water
光熱費 こうねつひ  cost of fuel and light
加熱 かねつ  heating
熱する ねっする  to heat
熱中 ねっちゅう  nuts!, enthusiasm, zeal, mania
熱帯 ねったい  tropics

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