How to say 'Hot' in Japanese | 暑い

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The Japanese word for Hot is 'Atsui', written as 暑い in Japanese.'Hot' in hiragana is あつい.

word

暑い

Meaning

Hot

Reading

あつい

atsui

Kanji

暑Hot

Explanation

The Japanese adjective '暑い (あつい)' means 'hot' and is specifically used to describe hot weather or a hot climate. It is not used for objects or food, which would instead use '熱い (あつい)'. For example: today is hot「今日は暑い」(きょうはあつい). This summer is very hot「この夏はとても暑い」(このなつはとてもあつい). Note that '暑い' is often used to express discomfort due to high temperatures, as in '暑いですね (あついですね) (It's hot, isn't it?)'.

Part Of Speech

adjective

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

3006

Composition

kanji-hiragana

Handwriting

This word is an i-adjective. To learn how it transforms in different tenses and forms, explore all its conjugations.

Kanji in the Word 暑い

This word contains 1 kanji character:

kanji

暑

Meaning

Hot

Hiragana in the Word 暑い

This word contains 1 Hiragana character :

hiragana

い

Reading

Words Related to 暑い Through the Kanji 暑

These 4 Words contain the Kanji 暑 as well.

word

暑さ

Meaning

Heat

word

残暑

Meaning

Late summer heat

word

暑中見舞い

Meaning

Summer greeting

word

蒸し暑い

Meaning

Humid, Muggy

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What does 'Atsui' (暑い) mean?

'Atsui' means 'Hot' .

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