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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
rè | re4
English translation
heat, fever, zeal

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

Contains the radical

huǒ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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fire

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

埶灬

Semantic compound

huǒ

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. huǒ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to warm up
热情 rèqíng cordial熱情
热烈 rèliè ardent熱烈
热线 rè xiàn hotline (communications link)熱線
热爱 rèài to adore熱愛
热闹 rènao lively熱鬧
热狗 rè gǒu hot dog (loanword)熱狗
热点 rè diǎn hot spot熱點
狂热 kuáng rè zealotry狂熱
热门 rèmén popular熱門
热水 rè shuǐ hot water熱水
亲热 qīnrè affectionate親熱
热销 rè xiāo to sell well熱銷
热心 rèxīn zeal熱心
热量 rè liàng heat熱量
加热 jiā rè to heat加熱
热身 rè shēn to warm up (sports)熱身
发热 fā rè feverish發熱
火热 huǒ rè fiery火熱
热血 rè xuè hot blood熱血
热潮 rè cháo upsurge熱潮
热衷 rè zhōng to be fond of熱衷
热带 rè dài the tropics熱帶
散热 sàn rè to dissipate heat散熱
炎热 yánrè blistering hot炎熱

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