The kanji 熱: meaning, readings and stroke order

熱

Meaning: hot, eager
On reading: ネツ netsu
Kun reading: あつ（い） atsui
Strokes: 15
Radical: 火 fire
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: nóng, nhiệt tình (nhiệt)
Japanese: あつい。いっしょうけんめい。
Korean: 뜨겁다, 열심 (열)
Chinese: 热、热心 (热)

Readings, words and example sentences

ネツ netsu · on reading

熱ねっ心しん
hardworking, putting your heart into it
毎日 熱ねっ心しんに練習します。
I practice hard every day.

あつ（い） atsui · kun reading

熱あつい
hot (to touch or drink)
熱あつい お茶を飲みます。
I drink hot tea.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.