shǔ heat; hot weather; summer heat

Made up of [ sun; day radical 72, lǎo old radical 125]
Made with 12 strokes.
Combination of sun and a now misleading phonetic

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Also uses component: bái (bright) céng (once) ; chāng (prosperous) ; chūn (spring) ; dàn (dawn) ; hūn (to marry) ; jiàn (gap) ; jiān (between) ; jǐng (bright) ; jiù (old) ; míng (bright) ; (do not) ; (general) ; qíng (clear sky) ; shì (is) ; shí (time) ; wǎn (evening) ; xiāng (fragrant) ; xīng (star) ; yáng (yang) ; (easy) ; yīn (sound) ; yǐng (picture) ; zǎo (early) ; zhào (according to) ; zhě (in process of) ; zhuō (table) ; zuì (most) ; zuó (previous)
Also uses lǎo component: lǎo (venerable) xiào (filial piety or obedience) ; zhě (in process of)

Sounds same

shǔ (office)

Different tone

shū (book) ; shū (spear) ; shù (tree) ; shù (method)

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