Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "暑", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "暑", and master the standard way of writing the character "暑".							
    	                     
	
		             
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									Pinyin
									shǔ
								
                                
                                	
                                							
								
                                
									Definition
									heat / hot weather / summer heat
								 
						
								
							  
         			    
         			         
                                                                                           暑 [shǔ]  
(1) Heat.  
Example: 热天 (hot day), 暑热 (hot weather), 暑假 (summer vacation), 酷暑 (scorching heat).  
(2) One of the "Six Excesses" in Traditional Chinese Medicine.  
(1) Hot weather.  
(2) Summer.  
本义: 炎热 (Original Meaning: Hot).  
造字法: 形声。从日,者声 (Character Formation: Phono-semantic compound; '日' indicates sun, '者' provides sound).  
引:  
1. 《说文》: 暑, 热也。暑近湿如蒸,热近燥如烘 (From "Shuowen": "Shu", meaning heat; '暑' relates to humidity like steaming, '热' relates to dryness like baking).  
2. 《易·系辞》: 一寒一暑 (From "Yi", means one cold, one hot).  
3. 《诗·小雅·四月》: 六月徂暑 (From "Shijing": June brings heat).  
4. 《礼记·月令》: 土润溽暑 (From "Liji": Moist soil during hot and humid days).  
5. 《素问·天玄纪大论》: 寒暑燥湿风火 (From "Suwen": Cold, heat, dryness, moisture, wind, and fire).  
6. 《韩非子·人间训》: 冬日则寒冻, 夏日则暑伤 (From "Hanfeizi": Cold in winter leads to freezing, heat in summer leads to damage).  
7. 晁错《言守边备塞疏》: 乌兽稀毛,其性能暑 (Chao Cuo: Rare fur on black animals, prone to heat).  
8. 唐·柳宗元《捕蛇者说》: 触风雨, 犯寒暑,呼嘘毒疠,往往而死者相藉也 (Tang: Encountering wind and rain, suffering from cold and heat, often leads to death).  
9. 宋·苏轼《教战守》: 轻霜露而狎风雨,是故寒暑不能为之毒 (Song: Light frost and dew do not harm in the face of wind and rain; hence, cold and heat cannot be poisonous).  
Example:  
暑溽 (humid hot weather in summer), 暑岁 (hot and dry year), 暑夏 (hot summer), 暑寒 (weather hot and cold), 暑湿 (hot and humid).  
名 (Noun):  
(1) Hot weather.  
引:  
1. 《易·系辞下》: 寒往则暑来,暑往则寒来 (From "Yi": When cold departs, heat comes; when heat departs, cold comes).  
2. 《韩非子·显学》: 寒暑不兼时而至 (From "Hanfeizi": Cold and heat do not appear simultaneously).  
(2) Summer.  
引:  
1. 《列子·汤问》: 寒暑易节,始一返焉 (From "Liezi": Cold and heat change with the seasons).  
2. 明·刘基《卖柑者言》: 杭有卖果者,善藏柑,涉寒暑不溃 (Ming: In Hangzhou, there is a fruit seller who skillfully stores oranges, enduring the cold and heat without damage).  
Example:  
暑月 (summer month), 暑雨 (rain in summer), 暑伏 (the hottest period in summer), 暑雨祁寒 (heavy rain in summer, severe cold in winter), 暑夜 (sultry summer night).                                                                                     
		                      	
							 
                                                                    								               
									              mountain resort / Qing imperial summer residence at Chengde, a world heritage site
								                
                                                                    								               
									              to be away for the summer holidays / to spend a holiday at a summer resort / to prevent sunstroke
								                
                                                                    								               
                                                                    								               
									              intense heat / extremely hot weather
								                
                                                                    								               
                                                                    								               
                                                                    								               
									              winter and summer vacation
								                
                                                                    								               
                                                                    								               
									              sweltering summer heat / very hot weather / the dog days
								                
                                                                    								               
									              to spend a summer holiday / (esp of Chinese medicine) to relieve summer heat
								                
                                                                    								               
                                                                    								               
									              Dashu or Great Heat, 12th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd July-6th August
								                
                                                                    								               
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                 承德避暑山庄                                                                                                 chéng dé bì shǔ shān zhuāng
 
									              Emperor Kangxi's Summer Mountain Resort in Chengde
								                
                                                                    								               
                                                                    								               
									              hot summer / sweltering summer days / dog days
								                
                                                                    								               
									              Xiaoshu or Lesser Heat, 11th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd July
								                
                                                                    								               
                                                                    								               
									              sweltering summer weather
								                
                                                                    								               
									              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
								                
                                                                    								               
									              summer vacation / CL:個|个[ge4]