辣 (là): meaning and stroke order
辣 (là) means hot (spicy), pungent, (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting, to burn.
辣
- Simplified
- 辣
- Traditional
- 辣, 辢
- Pinyin
- là
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Stroke order of 辣
辣
- là old variant of 辣[la4]
- là hot (spicy); pungent
- 14 strokes
- Traditional form: 辢
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Meaning of 辣
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là
- hot (spicy)
- pungent
- (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting
- to burn
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là
Traditional 辢
- old variant of 辣[la4]
Radical and structure
- 辣
- Radical 辛 (Kangxi radical 160) · 14 strokes · 辛 on the left, 束 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
辣 in our stories
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露西吃了一口，又辣又香。
Lùxī chī le yì kǒu yòu là yòu xiāng
Lucy tries a bite: spicy and fragrant.
From the story "Husband and wife lung slices" HSK 3
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成都人爱吃辣，可是她一点儿辣都吃不了。
Chéngdū rén ài chī là kěshì tā yìdiǎnr là dōu chī bú le
People in Chengdu love spicy food, but she couldn't eat any chilli at all.
From the story No chilli, please HSK 4
Stories using 辣
- "Husband and wife lung slices" HSK 3
- No chilli, please HSK 4
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).