| 858 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 848 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 458 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 247 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1078 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 365 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 797 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 811 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1140 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 206 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2399 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1221 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1681 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2016 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2218 | Morohashi |
| 1904 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 517 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1997 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2152 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 982 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
drama, play
- On:
- ゲキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
662 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 劇 【ゲキ】 drama, play, powerful drug
- 劇画 【ゲキガ】 comic strip with dramatic story
- 新劇 【シンゲキ】 shingeki, new drama (movement), form of Japanese theater developed towards the end of the Meiji period inspired by modern Western theater
- 京劇 【キョウゲキ】 classical Chinese opera
Readings
- Korean:
- geug
Spanish
- drama
- obra
- teatro
- violento
- intenso
Portuguese
- drama
- jogo
French
- théâtre
- pièce (théâtre)
| 1243 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f13.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-13-2 | SKIP code |
| 2220.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5287 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1442 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 暑 【ショ】 heat, midsummer
- 暑中見舞 【ショチュウミマイ】 summer greeting card, inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
- 残暑 【ザンショ】 late summer heat, lingering summer heat
- 避暑 【ヒショ】 escaping the summer heat, going somewhere cooler during the summer, summering
Kun reading compounds
- 暑い 【あつい】 hot, warm, sultry, heated, passionate, impassioned, burning (desire, etc.), on everybody's mind, on the radar, du jour, interested (gaze, etc.)
- 暑い盛り 【あついさかり】 heat of the day, hottest part of the day
Readings
- Korean:
- seo
Spanish
- bochornoso
- caliente
- calor
Portuguese
- sufocante
- quente
- calor de verão
French
- chaud
- torride
- temps lourd
- chaleur d'été
| 247 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 329 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 313 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1254 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2138 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 476 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 190 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1738A | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 638 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 648 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 119 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 976 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3121 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1600 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2182 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1268 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14031P | Morohashi |
| 2473 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2484 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1260 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1350 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 400 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3878 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c8.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 3-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 6060.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6691 | Unicode hex code |