Today’s second #kanji is #暑, which is made of 日 (the Sun) and 者 (a certain person). Its meaning is “hot” but only used for the ambient heat. If something you can specify is hot, we used 熱.
Meaning: (ambient temperature being) hot
Reading: ショ、あつ
暑気（ショキ）: the (summer) heat, hot weather
暑中（ショチュウ）: the middle of summer, midsummer, high summer
炎暑（エンショ）: intense heat, the scorching heat of summer
寒暑（カンショ）: heat and cold; temperature; winter and summer
酷暑（コクショ）: severe heat, sweltering heat
残暑（ザンショ）: the lingering summer heat, the heat of late summer
暑中（ショチュウ）: the middle of summer, midsummer, high summer
炎暑（エンショ）: intense heat, the scorching heat of summer
寒暑（カンショ）: heat and cold; temperature; winter and summer
酷暑（コクショ）: severe heat, sweltering heat
残暑（ザンショ）: the lingering summer heat, the heat of late summer
避暑（ヒショ）: escaping the summer heat
暑（あつ）い: (ambient temperature being) hot. If something is hot, the kanji 熱（あつ）い is used.
日中は暑いから、熱いものは食べたくない。As it’s hot during the day, I don’t want to eat anything hot.
蒸（む）し暑（あつ）い: hot and stuffy, muggy, sticky
暑（あつ）苦（くる）しい: oppressively warm, stifling, muggy
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