Additional information about 暑
說文解字: 【暑】，熱也。 〔小徐本無「也」。〕 从日、者聲。 【舒呂切】
- Criteria
- OFFICE
1. Shì 仕 refers to any office, private or public, civil or military and must probably count as the most general word for an office.
2. The standard and very current general word for any elevated bureaucratic office, civil or military, is guān 官 (the original meaning of which refers to the building housing the office-holders office).
3. Shǔ 暑 refers to Han dynasty bureaucratic departments of any kind.
4. Sì 寺 refers to Han dynasty bureaucratic departments, typically - perhaps - of major kind.
5. Zhí 職 are the official duties attached to a bureaucratic office. See DUTY
6. Yè 業 refers to the traditional profession of a person and does not normally or necessarily relate to a place or the bureaucratic system.
- PUBLIC BUILDING
1. The current general word for a public building or office is guān 官.
2. Táng 堂 is the old word which refers to a (typically elevated) ceremonial building for official use.
3. Diàn 殿 is used from Warring States times onwards to refer to the táng 堂 of earlier times.
4. Fǔ 府 is primarily a storehouse or archive, but the word is also used to refer to public offices using such archives.
5. Shǔ 暑 is a bureaucratic term which became current in Han times and refers to parts of the bureaucratic system.
6. Tíng 庭 is a large ceremonial hall for official gatherings, typically larger than the táng 堂.
- HOT
1. Probably the most general word referrring to objective high temperature or heat is rè 熱 (ant. lěng 冷 "cold").
2. Wēn 溫 (ant. liáng 涼 "cool") is mild heat.
3. Nuǎn 暖 (ant. liáng 涼 "cool") is very mild heat.
4. Yán 炎 is extreme heat.
5. Shǔ 暑 (ant. hán 寒 "cold") refers to perceived heat, which often relates to humidity in the air as well as objective temperature.
6. Xū 煦 and hé 和 refer to temperate, comfortable, and warm temperatures or climates.