Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Hot

Alternative

Hot Weather

Mnemonic

If the sun is on someone, they will get hot. That's just how it is. Someone standing out in the sun for a long time will inevitably get hot. The sun is hot, and it makes you get hot too.

Note that this usually refers to hot weather or the heat of an area you're in and doesn't refer to a hot "thing."

Readings

On’yomi

しょ

Kun’yomi

あつ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

One sun was hot enough, but then a second one shows up. "Ah, two (あつ)!" you scream. If you were sweaty and sticky from the heat of just one sun, imagine what this second one is going to do to you. Ah, two hot suns!

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