JLPT N3 · 15 strokes
Kanji 熱: "heat, temperature, fever"
The kanji 熱 means "heat, temperature, fever, mania, passion". It is written with 15 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read ネツ in on'yomi and あつ.い in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ネツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あつ.い
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | heat, temperature, fever, mania, passion |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 15 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 4 |
| Frequency rank | 700 of 2,501 |
Common words with 熱
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 熱いhot (to the touch) · passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. gaze)
- 熱heat · fever; temperature
- 熱心zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent
- 情熱passion; enthusiasm; zeal
- 熱気heat; hot air · enthusiasm; excitement; fervour; fervor
- 灼熱becoming red-hot; red heat; scorching heat; burning heat · burning (love); passionate (e.g. debate); ardent
- 熱意zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
- 高熱high fever · intense heat
- 熱中being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in
- 熱烈ardent; passionate; vehement
- 熱量quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value · (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
- 熱するto heat; to heat up · to get excited; to get worked up; to get fired up
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