热
to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent
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Dict coverage rank #208 U+70ED
How 热 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
灬 (semantic, “fire”) + 执 (phonetic, zhí)
How to remember it
heat · Heisig RSH #603
执 clench + cooking fire
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 执
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 执 (zhí) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 执 sound component | zhí | to execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep; to sieze, to detain |
| 势 | shì | power, force; tendency, attitude |
| 垫 | diàn | cushion, mat, pad; to advance money, to pay for another |
| 蛰 | zhé | to hibernate |
| 贽 | zhì | tribute; a gift given to a superior |
| 鸷 | zhì | hawk, vulture |
Words containing 热
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 热中子 | rè zhōng zǐ | thermal neutron |
| 一头热 | yī tóu rè | one-sided enthusiasm (abbr. for 剃頭挑子一頭熱|剃头挑子一头热[ti4 tou2 tiao1 zi5 yi1 tou2 re4]) |
| 大热天 | dà rè tiān | scorcher; very hot day |
| 白热化 | bái rè huà | to turn white-hot; to intensify; to reach a climax |
| 热力学 | rè lì xué | thermodynamics |
| 文化热 | wén huà rè | cultural fever; cultural craze |
| 热水器 | rè shuǐ qì | water heater |
| 大热 | dà rè | great heat; very popular |
| 热水 | rè shuǐ | hot water |
| 无线热点 | wú xiàn rè diǎn | Wi-Fi hotspot |
| 热中 | rè zhōng | variant of 熱衷|热衷[re4 zhong1] |
| 热心 | rè xīn | enthusiastic; ardent; zealous |
| 生热 | shēng rè | to generate heat |
| 地热 | dì rè | geothermal heat |
| 热天 | rè tiān | hot day |
| 自热 | zì rè | to heat up by itself; (attributive) self-heating (esp. of meal kits heated with a water-ac… |
| 白热 | bái rè | white heat; incandescence |
| 热机 | rè jī | heat engine |
| 高热病 | gāo rè bìng | fever; high fever |
| 热带地区 | rè dài dì qū | the tropics |