Question

熱 あつ.い heat, temperature, fever, mania, passion 3 700 15 86 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが 会意 Compound Ideographic Heat up those RICE SEEDLINGS you pulled from the SOIL in a ROUND pan over a low FLAME. (Note: the hot pan image helps reinforce the idea that this kanji for "atsui" refers to something hot to the touch, as opposed to hot weather).

Accepted Answer

ネツ あた 熱(ねつ): (1) heat (2) fever; temperature (3) zeal; passion; enthusiasm (4) mania; craze; rage熱心(ねっしん): zeal; enthusiasm熱帯(ねったい): tropics情熱(じょうねつ): passion; enthusiasm; zeal熱意(ねつい): zeal; enthusiasm熱い(あつい): hot (thing)熱湯(ねっとう): boiling water熱する(ねっする): to heat; to heat up加熱(かねつ): heating; application of heat光熱費(こうねつひ): cost of fuel and lighting; cost of heat and electricity; energy bill; utility cost熱中(ねっちゅう): nuts!; enthusiasm; zeal; mania熱量(ねつりょう): calorific value; quantity of heat; calorie 4 埶: art火: fire 火 4 (none) heat Just a comment on Erikkusan's story: Although one of the pronunciations of this kanji is "atsui" this isn't the atsui that you feel in Tokyo in August, (which is Frame 1260's "sultry' 暑). This atsui is the one when you touch something hot, like a fry pan. Another reading of this is "netsu," which is the "fever" this fat man may feel after planting the rice seedlings.

Kanji	熱
Onyomi	ネツ
Kunyomi	あつ.い
Nanori	あた
English	heat, temperature, fever, mania, passion
Examples	熱(ねつ): (1) heat (2) fever; temperature (3) zeal; passion; enthusiasm (4) mania; craze; rage 熱心(ねっしん): zeal; enthusiasm 熱帯(ねったい): tropics 情熱(じょうねつ): passion; enthusiasm; zeal 熱意(ねつい): zeal; enthusiasm 熱い(あつい): hot (thing) 熱湯(ねっとう): boiling water 熱する(ねっする): to heat; to heat up 加熱(かねつ): heating; application of heat 光熱費(こうねつひ): cost of fuel and lighting; cost of heat and electricity; energy bill; utility cost 熱中(ねっちゅう): nuts!; enthusiasm; zeal; mania 熱量(ねつりょう): calorific value; quantity of heat; calorie
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	700
Components	埶: art 火: fire
Number of Strokes	15
Kanji Radical	火
Radical Number	86
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	heat
Koohii Story 1	Heat up those RICE SEEDLINGS you pulled from the SOIL in a ROUND pan over a low FLAME. (Note: the hot pan image helps reinforce the idea that this kanji for "atsui" refers to something hot to the touch, as opposed to hot weather).
Koohii Story 2	Just a comment on Erikkusan's story: Although one of the pronunciations of this kanji is "atsui" this isn't the atsui that you feel in Tokyo in August, (which is Frame 1260's "sultry' 暑). This atsui is the one when you touch something hot, like a fry pan. Another reading of this is "netsu," which is the "fever" this fat man may feel after planting the rice seedlings.

Heat Zeal Hot Enthusiasm Cost Passion Rice Pan