IDENTITY
热rèhot; warm
HSK 1Top 340
CORE MEANING
hot; warm
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.hotHSK1
- 2.warm; enthusiasticHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 灬fire radical (huǒ)
- strokes
- 10
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱执灬
- gives the sound rè (historical)
- fire
USAGE
Common words
热水rèshuǐhot water
热闹rènaolively
Graded examples
今天天气很热。Jīntiān tiānqì hěn rè.HSK1
The weather is very hot today.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 熟
LEARNING
Memory aid
Fire (灬) held in hand (执) — heat.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #340
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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