暑(shǔ)

HSK 412 strokes

heat

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Character information

Pinyin
shǔ
Meaning
heat; hot weather; summer heat
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 暑 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿱日者

In this compound, the meaning comes from 日 (sun); 者 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

日rì者zhě

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 暑 step by step

12 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 暑

Common words using 暑 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

shǔ暑jià假
HSK 4

summer vacation

Open 暑假 page →
shǔ暑qī期
HSK 7-9

summer vacation time

Open 暑期 page →
bì避shǔ暑
HSK 7-9

to be away for the summer holidays

Open 避暑 page →
zhōng中shǔ暑

to suffer heat exhaustion; sunstroke; heatstroke

Open 中暑 page →
mào冒shǔ暑

heat stroke (TCM)

Open 冒暑 page →
qù去shǔ暑

to beat the summer heat

Open 去暑 page →
dà大shǔ暑

Dashu or Great Heat, 12th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd July-6th August

Open 大暑 page →
xiǎo小shǔ暑

Xiaoshu or Lesser Heat, 11th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd July

Open 小暑 page →

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丈与严临之乎亚企

From 暑’s common words

假期避中冒去大小

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