暑

shǔ
#2,737 most
frequent character
heat, hot weather, summer heat

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

暑 joins 日 the sun with 者 zhě, a sound part whose link is no longer obvious. It first meant the very hot season, which grew to 'summer' and then 'heat, hot weather'.

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Homophones

HSK 6
数shǔ
to count, to enumerate
属shǔ
be born in the year of (one of the twelve animals)
鼠shǔ
mouse, rat
署shǔ
office, bureau, to arrange

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