暑い
あつい
hepburn atsui
hot (weather, also 熱い for objects)
Part of speech · i-adjective
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 今日は暑いですね。It's hot today, isn't it.
- 熱いお茶をください。Please give me hot tea.
Collocations
暑い日 (hot day, weather)熱いお茶 (hot tea, object)暑くなる (become hot)熱すぎる (too hot)蒸し暑い (humid hot)
Mnemonic
atsui — same Hepburn but two kanji: 暑い (weather is hot) vs 熱い (object is hot to touch). Combined under slug atsui-hot. A third atsui = 厚い (thick) lives under separate slug atsui-thick (batch 6). Native speakers pick the kanji by context.
Quick check
Which kanji fits "the ramen is hot"?