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热rè

hot; heat (temperature); feverish; having a fever; enthusiastic; warm (热心, 热情); popular; in demand (热门)

热 is hot — hot weather, a fever, warm enthusiasm, and anything trending hot.

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ZDIC's header names 执 as the sound side, while graph history gives the traditional 熱 its exact sound piece as 埶 (yè), which simplified into the modern 执 shape. The fire bottom carries the meaning; modern and historical pieces are kept separate.

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WHOLE CHARACTER

热rè

hot; heat (temperature); feverish; having a fever; enthusiastic; warm (热心, 热情); popular; in demand (热门)

热 is hot — hot weather, a fever, warm enthusiasm, and anything trending hot.

ZDIC's header names 执 as the sound side, while graph history gives the traditional 熱 its exact sound piece as 埶 (yè), which simplified into the modern 执 shape. The fire bottom carries the meaning; modern and historical pieces are kept separate.

MODERN UPPER PIECE (THE SIMPLIFIED SHAPE OF THE HISTORICAL SOUND SIDE 埶)

执zhí

to hold; to grasp

Standalone meaning is kept separate; the exact historical sound side of 熱 was 埶 (yè), which simplified into the modern 执 shape.

In 热: modern upper piece (the simplified shape of the historical sound side 埶) Modern resemblance to rè is noted as such; the exact historical sound piece is 埶.

MEANING: FIRE

灬huǒ

fire (from 火)

The four-dot bottom fire form; not a standalone page.

In 热: meaning: fire The four-dot bottom fire form of 火.

rèTone 4
  • hot; heat (temperature)
  • feverish; having a fever
  • enthusiastic; warm (热心, 热情)
  • popular; in demand (热门)
  • 热水rèshuǐhot water
  • 热情rèqíngenthusiasm; warm
  • 热门rèménpopular; hot topic

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