shǔ

heat

hot weather; summer heat

Sun (日) + sound (者) = oppressive summer heat

The sun radical (日) drives the meaning — scorching daylight is the essence of summer heat. 者 mainly contributes the shǔ sound rather than adding a semantic layer.

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The sunSemantic
A personPhonetic

气还没退,晚上睡觉都很难受。

shǔ qì hái méi tuì, wǎn shang shuì jiào dōu hěn nán shòu。

The summer heat hasn't let up yet; even sleeping at night is very uncomfortable.

今年的热来得特别早,大家都叫苦不迭。

jīn nián de shǔ rè lái de tè bié zǎo, dà jiā dōu jiào kǔ bù dié。

This year's summer heat arrived especially early, and everyone kept complaining.

Words with 暑

避暑

bì shǔ

to be away for the summer holidays

避暑山庄

bì shǔ shān zhuāng

mountain resort

酷暑

kù shǔ

intense heat

防暑降温

fáng shǔ jiàng wēn

to prevent heatstroke and reduce temperature

中暑

zhòng shǔ

to suffer heat exhaustion

冒暑

mào shǔ

heat stroke (TCM)

去暑

qù shǔ

to beat the summer heat

受暑

shòu shǔ

to suffer heatstroke; to suffer heat exhaustion

大暑

dà shǔ

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

小暑

xiǎo shǔ

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

放暑假

fàng shǔ jià

to be on summer vacation

暑促

shǔ cù

summer promotion (sale)

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