暖かい

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 春は暖かいです。▶ —
   Spring is warm.
2. 温かいスープが好きです。▶ —
   I like warm soup.

Collocations

Mnemonic

暖かい·温かい atatakai — v1.1 A-2 combined slug: 暖い (weather warm) + 温い (food/object warm). Korean and English use one word; Japanese splits by kanji. Opposite: 寒い. Onyomi だん (dan) / おん (on): 暖房 danbou (heating), 温度 ondo (temperature). Figurative: 温かい人 = "warm person".

Quick check

1. "Warm soup" — which kanji?

   • 温かいスープ (food/object warm)
   • 暖かいスープ (technically wrong; 暖 for climate)
   • 熱いスープ (hot — 熱い, batch 3)
   • 暑いスープ (weather hot, wrong)