熱い
あつい · atsui · JLPT N5 · i-adj
hot (objects)
🔥🍵 Sounds like: Ah, tsu-EE! — the yelp when you touch a hot cup
熱 has the fire dots 灬 at the bottom, marking heat you can touch: tea, a pan, a bath. The weather kind of hot is 暑い, said the same way but written with the sun 日 on top. Fire below = hot things; sun above = hot days.