Onyomi: ネツ · Kunyomi: あつ.い · Meanings: fever, heat, mania, passion, temperature
Kanji for fever, heat, mania, passion, temperature
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The kanji 熱 is made from the fire radical 火 at the bottom and the character 埶 on top. 火 represents flames or heat, while 埶 originally depicted actions of skillful movement or effort, sometimes associated with intense activity. Together, the kanji gives the image of something burning with energy or intensity. Over time, 熱 came to represent physical heat, fever, or metaphorical passion—anything that is strong, intense, or burning inside.
Flames (火) combined with active effort or intensity (埶) — representing heat, fever, or passionate energy.
Imagine a fire (火) burning intensely as someone works with all their skill and effort (埶). That’s 熱 — heat, fever, or passion.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 熱 | ねつ | heat | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 熱 | ねち | fever | Noun |
| 熱帯 | ねったい | tropics | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 熱い | あつい | hot (to the touch) | common JLPT-N5 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 熱心 | ねっしん | zealous, enthusiastic, ardent, fervent, keen, eager | common JLPT-N3 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 熱中 | ねっちゅう | being enthusiastic about, being wild about, being absorbed in, being engrossed in, being devoted to | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 熱する | ねっする | to heat, to heat up | common JLPT-N2 Suru verb - special class, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 熱意 | ねつい | zeal, enthusiasm, ardor, ardour | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 熱湯 | ねっとう | boiling water | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 熱狂 | ねっきょう | wild enthusiasm, being crazy about | common Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |