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On-Yomi: ネツ — Kun-Yomi: あつ.い

Koohii stories:

1) [fiminor] 9-4-2007(169): land (#1513 陸) The rice-seedlings (newly freed from the ground but with soil still clinging to their roots) gather in a circle around an oven fire. They need to heat up prior to their journey (presumably plants can't walk if they're too cold?).

2) [zanzibar] 31-5-2009(57): Heat up those RICE SEEDLINGS you pulled from the SOIL in a ROUND pan over a low FLAME. (Note: the hot pan image helps reinforce the idea that this kanji for "atsui" refers to something hot to the touch, as opposed to hot weather).

3) [mattimus] 29-10-2009(34): This is Mario avoiding the fire's heat. http://retromedia.ign.com/retro/image/article/870/870378/super-mario-bros-20080429110134449_640w.jpg.

4) [johnskb] 10-5-2006(29): Just a comment on Erikkusan's story: Although one of the pronunciations of this kanji is "atsui" this isn't the atsui that you feel in Tokyo in August, (which is Frame 1260's "sultry' 暑 ). This atsui is the one when you touch something hot, like a fry pan. Another reading of this is "netsu," which is the "fever" this fat man may feel after planting the rice seedlings.

5) [gfb345] 18-4-2010(7): (NB: The top of 熱 (埶) is a rare kanji meaning "art". We already have art (#1525 術) so I call it ARTISTRY.) Keeping a primitive dwelling HEATed ain't easy! It requires much ARTISTRY to keep those EMBERS glowing. (I decompose ARTISTRY as DIVOT (坴) … ROUND: Tiger Woods' uncanny ARTISTRY for whacking DIVOTs as ROUND as golf balls. 坴 is a rare kanji meaning "clod"; we already have clod (#2024 塊) so I call it DIVOT; I see it pictographically: a golfer [above] whacking a divot [below].).

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