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热 rè — “hot”

How to write and say the Chinese character 热 (rè), which means hot — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Colours & describing.

Pinyin · 拼音 rè
Meaning · 意思 hot
Strokes · 笔画 10
Radical · 部首 灬 (fire)
Hear it · 听发音
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Stroke order笔顺

热 is written with 10 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

灬 (fire) hints at the meaning, and 执 lends its sound — together they make 热.

A common word常用词

热rè水shuǐ

hot water

Example sentence例句

夏xià天tiān很hěn热rè。

Summer is hot.

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