暑 (syu2 | shu3) : summer, hot, summer heat

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暑

syu2

shu3

[1] hot [n] heat of summer [2] mid-summer; summer

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 日 (#72)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

暑

Don't confuse with:
署

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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小暑 siu2 syu2 xiao3 shu3 = Lesser Heat, 11th of the 24 solar terms 7th-22nd July

大暑 daai6 syu2 da4 shu3 = Great Heat, 12th of the 24 solar terms 23rd July-6th August

處暑 cyu3 syu3 chu4 shu3 = End of Heat, 14th of the 24 solar terms 23rd August-7th September

暑期 syu2 kei4 shu3 qi1 (PRC), shu3 qi2 (Taiwan) = summer; summertime

暑假 syu2 gaa3 shu3 jia4 = summer holiday / vacation

寒暑表 hon4 syu2 biu2 = thermometer, temperature gauge

寒暑 hon4 syu2 han2 shu3 = year

歇暑 hit3 syu2 xie1 shu3 = summer break; take rest during summer 粵

暑天 syu2 tin1 shu3 tian1 = hot day; summer's day; hot summer's day

中暑 zung3 syu2 zhong4 shu3 = sunstroke; heatstroke
See all 21 compounds (CantoDict reports 22 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 暑

我在法國渡過了三個寒暑國
I spent three winters and summers in France.
["three winters and summers" symbolizes three years.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 暑
Unicode code for this character: U+6691 (off-site link)

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