# 温 hot or warm thing

(waterleft) + 日 (sun, day) + 皿 (plate)
★★★★☆
12 strokes
DUPE

## Onyomi

ON |

## Mnemonic

| The sun shining ON the plate full of water, made the water warm.

## Kunyomi

あたた*かい | also abbreviated to あったかい: warm thing (puppy, or puddle under your bed ) ★★★★☆
( を ) あたた＊める | I warm up (the muffins) ★★★☆☆
( が ) あたた＊まる | something gets warmed up ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

温度(おんど) | temperature ★★★☆☆ 温 (hot or warm thing) + 度 (times) = 温度 (temperature)
温泉(おんせん) | hot spring bath ★★★☆☆ 温 (hot or warm thing) + 泉 (spring) = 温泉 (hot spring bath) hot spring baths (although most onsen use artificially heated water from regular wells these days)

## Synonyms

warm 暖かい 温かい