热 (rè): meaning and stroke order
热 (rè) means to warm up, to heat up, hot (of weather), heat, fervent.
热
- Simplified
- 热
- Traditional
- 熱
- Pinyin
- rè
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Stroke order of 热
热
- rè to warm up; to heat up
- 10 strokes
- Traditional form: 熱
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Meaning of 热
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rè
Traditional 熱
- to warm up
- to heat up
- hot (of weather)
- heat
- fervent
Radical and structure
- 热
- Radical 火 (Kangxi radical 86) · 10 strokes · 执 on top, 灬 below
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.
Words with 热
- 热情 rè qíng cordial; enthusiastic
- 热爱 rè ài to love ardently; to adore
- 热烈 rè liè enthusiastic; ardent
- 炽热 chì rè red-hot; glowing
- 热心 rè xīn enthusiastic; ardent; zealous
- 热水 rè shuǐ hot water
- 热闹 rè nao bustling with noise and excitement; lively
热 in our stories
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医生说他不用吃药，这两天多喝热水，别吃冷的东西。
yīshēng shuō tā búyòng chī yào zhè liǎng tiān duō hē rè shuǐ bié chī lěng de dōngxi
The doctor says he doesn't need medicine: for the next two days he should drink plenty of hot water and not eat anything cold.
From the story Ice-cold watermelon HSK 2
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亭子里有一位卖茶的老人，他给每个人倒了一杯热茶。
tíngzi lǐ yǒu yí wèi mài chá de lǎorén tā gěi měi gè rén dào le yì bēi rè chá
An old man sold tea in the pavilion, and he poured each of them a cup of hot tea.
From the story No umbrella HSK 3
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很久以前，天上有十个太阳，地上热得像火一样。
hěn jiǔ yǐqián tiān shàng yǒu shí gè tàiyáng dì shàng rè de xiàng huǒ yíyàng
Long ago there were ten suns in the sky, and the earth was as hot as fire.
From the story Chang'e flies to the moon HSK 3
Stories using 热
- Ice-cold watermelon HSK 2
- No umbrella HSK 3
- Chang'e flies to the moon HSK 3
- The river-snail girl HSK 4
- Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
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).