shǔ

hot

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
日 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

sun

者 sound component

  Sound component

zhě

  

one who...

Evolution

暑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
暑 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
暑 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shǔ

hot; heat; hot weather; summer heat

Most common words with 暑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

暑假

summer vacation

暑期

summer vacation time

避暑

to prevent sunstroke

中暑

sunstroke

heat