熱 – heat, temperature, fever

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The kanji 熱 means heat, temperature, fever, mania, passion. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ネツ (netsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あつ.い (atsui). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 火 (no. 86).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ネツ	netsu
Kun’yomi	あつ.い	atsui

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 火 (Kangxi radical 86). Components: 土・九・丶・儿・杰.

Words using 熱

熱いあついhot (to the touch)熱ねつheat熱心ねっしんzealous熱帯ねったいtropics熱中ねっちゅうbeing enthusiastic about加熱かねつheating熱意ねついzeal熱湯ねっとうboiling water情熱じょうねつpassion光熱費こうねつひcost of fuel and lighting熱量ねつりょうquantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.)

Example sentences

スープは熱いうちに召し上がって下さい。

Eat your soup while it is hot.

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熱によって氷は水に変わる。

Heat turns ice into water.

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１０２゜Ｆの熱があります。

I have a fever of 102 degrees.

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Kanji with the same radical

点無然火爆為燃焦災焼照炎煙炭烈熟

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