暑 (shǔ): heat, summer
暑 (shǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “heat, summer.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 日 (semantic) and 者 (phonetic). It ranks #2597 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 暑 sun. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 早 (zǎo, early, morning), 时 (shí, time, hour).
Definitions
- heat, summer
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 暑
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暑期noun | shǔ qī | summer vacation time |
| 避暑verb | bì shǔ | to be away for the summer holidays |
| 酷暑noun | kù shǔ | intense heat |
| 消暑verb | xiāo shǔ | to spend a summer holiday |
| 暑天noun | shǔ tiān | hot (summer) day |
| 暑期学校noun | shǔ qī xué xiào | summer school |
| 放暑假 | fàng shǔ jià | to be on summer vacation |
| 防暑降温 | fáng shǔ jiàng wēn | to prevent heatstroke and reduce temperature |
| 大暑proper-noun | dà shǔ | Dashu or Great Heat, 12th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd July-6th August |
| 避暑山庄proper-noun | bì shǔ shān zhuāng | mountain resort |
| 去暑verb | qù shǔ | to beat the summer heat |
| 小暑proper-noun | xiǎo shǔ | Xiaoshu or Lesser Heat, 11th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd July |
| 解暑verb | jiě shǔ | to beat the summer heat |
| 处暑proper-noun | chǔ shǔ | Chushu or End of Heat, 14th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd August-7th September |
| 受暑verb | shòu shǔ | to suffer heatstroke |
暑 appears in 24 compound words: 38 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 13 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 暑 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
暑假期间，很多学生会选择参加夏令营或者旅游。
Shǔjià qījiān, hěn duō xuéshēng huì xuǎnzé cānjiā xiàlìngyíng huòzhě lǚyóu.
During summer vacation, many students choose to attend summer camps or travel.
...孩童被留在车内身亡 卫生部发警惕吁严防中暑
. . . hái tóng bèi liú zài chē nèi shēn wáng wèi shēng bù fā jǐng tì xū yán fáng zhōng shǔ
...Child Dies After Being Left in Car; Health Ministry Issues Warning to Prevent Heatstroke
MC张天赋预告暑假开骚有意骚肌 有望与甄子丹再合作演《叶...
M C zhāng tiān fù yù gào shǔ jiǎ kāi sāo yǒu yì sāo jī yǒu wàng yǔ 甄 zǐ dān zài gě zuò yǎn xié . . .
MC Zhang Tianfu Teases Summer Show, Hints at Showing Off His Muscles; Expected to Reunite with Donnie Yen for *The...*
...”尽现引遐想 S曲线喷血身材提早为眼球消暑
. . . jǐn xiàn yǐn 遐 xiǎng S qū xiàn pēn xiě shēn cái tí zǎo wéi yǎn qiú xiāo shǔ
...”Stirs the imagination: A figure with killer curves that’s sure to cool the eyes early in the season
美西罕见高温预计持续至周末 居民需严防中暑
měi xī hǎn jiàn gāo wēn yù jì chí xù zhì zhōu mò jū mín xū yán fáng zhōng shǔ
Unusual heat in the Western U.S. is expected to persist through the weekend; residents should take precautions against heatstroke
...气料干燥炎热 资源部长吁民众多加留意防中暑
. . . qì liào gān zào yán rè zī yuán bù cháng xū mín zhòng duō jiā liú yì fáng zhōng shǔ
...With the air dry and hot, the Minister of Resources urges the public to take extra precautions against heatstroke
轻井泽是著名的避暑胜地。
Qīngjǐngzé shì zhùmíng de bìshǔ shèngdì.
Karuizawa is famous as a summer resort.
他们去了爱丁堡避暑。
Tāmen qù le àidīngbǎo bìshǔ.
They went to Edinburgh to escape from the summer heat.
你是怎么避开这酷暑的？
Nǐ shì zěnme bìkāi zhè kùshǔ de?
How are you keeping off this intense heat?
仲有五日就放暑假喇。
Zhòng yǒu wǔ rì jiù fàng shǔjià lā.
We have five days to go before the summer vacation.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 日 (sun) component
Homophones — Characters pronounced shǔ
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