heat

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 熱 has 15 strokes and denotes heat or a fever.
• Basic usage: 熱湯 is read ねっとう, and 微熱 is read びねつ.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Boiling water and a slight fever
  • 熱湯を注ぎ means pouring boiling water.
  • 微熱が続いている means that a slight fever is continuing.
• A reading with a small っ
  • 熱湯 is read ねっとう; the ねつ from 微熱 is not carried over unchanged.