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煦
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gentle

HSK 10
Nature →Elements
xù
ク
あたた.める
후
A warm 昫 fire 灬; 昫 also provides the pronunciation
Components
昫 warm (iii)+ 灬 fire (bottom) =
煦 gentle
昫 Meaning component
xù warm (iii)
warm
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灬 Meaning component
biāo fire (bottom)
fire
Notes
Similar Characters
庶 various羔 kid杰 hero (simp)点 speck (simp)烈 intense烝 steam热 heat (simp)烹 boil焉 thereupon焘 shine (simp)焦 apprehensive然 sort of thing煎 saute照 illuminate煮 boil熏 fumigate (simp)熙 splendid熟 ripe熬 stew熱 heat (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
煦
Regular
Modern
Chinese
煦 [xù]
balmy; nicely warm; cozy; Taiwan pr. [xǔ]
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
煦 あつ
Atsu given name
煦 あつし
Atsushi unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (8)
和煦 [hé​xù] #46,670
warm
温煦 [wēn​xù] #50,267
warm
温煦 [wēn​xù] #50,267
warm
煦暖 [xù​nuǎn] #62,111
to warm
煦仁孑义 [xù​rén​jié​yì]
petty kindness
煦仁孑义 [xù​rén​jié​yì]
petty kindness
煦煦 [xù​xù]
kind
福煦 [Fú​xù]
Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), leading French general and commander-in-chief of allied forces in the latter stages of World War One
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
和煦 [わく]
warmth of the spring sun