# 熱 hot thing / fever

(termite pie) + 丸 (round) + (firebottom)
★★★★☆
15 strokes
DUPE

## Onyomi

NETSU | You don't want to get a fever form mosquito bites so put NETS around your bed at night.

## Mnemonic

| They lit a fire all around the termite pie until it was a hot thing.

## Kunyomi

あつ＊い | a hot thing. Also can be used figuratively for hot emotions. ★★★★☆
ねつ | a fever. LAZY ★★★★☆

## Jukugo

情熱(じょうねつ) | enthusiastic ★★☆☆☆ 情 (emotion) + 熱 (hot thing / fever) = 情熱 (enthusiastic) passionate! Although pretty far from how we'd use that word in english: the Japanese version means "dedicated , hardworking, diligent." 熱心な学生 (a passionate student) . . perhaps a better translation is simply 'enthusiastic.'
熱心(ねっしん) な or 　に | passionate ★☆☆☆☆ 熱 (hot thing / fever) + 心 (heart) = 熱心 (passionate) passion - usually used about sports or performances: They praised the actor's passionate performance. She's passionate about her hobby.
熱帯(ねったい) | tropics ★☆☆☆☆ 熱 (hot thing / fever) + 帯 (belt) = 熱帯 (tropics) the tropics, tropical zone

## Synonyms

hot 暑い 熱い
passion 情熱 熱心 恋