辣
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See also: 辢
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Translingual
Han character
辣 (Kangxi radical 160, 辛+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜十木中 (YJDL), four-corner 05496, composition ⿰辛束)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1251, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38646
- Dae Jaweon: page 1731, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4040, character 1
- Unihan data for U+8FA3
Chinese
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Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːd) : semantic 辛 + phonetic 束. The latter is an abbreviation of 剌 (OC *raːd).
Etymology 1
Possibly cognate with 厲 (OC *m·rads), 烈 (OC *red).
Pronunciation
Definitions
辣
- spicy; hot; peppery; pungent; hot
- to be spicy; to be hot; to burn
- cruel; vicious
- 毒辣 ― dúlà ― sinister
- a surname: La
Synonyms
- (spicy):
- (cruel):
- 兇惡／凶恶 (xiōng'è)
- 兇殘／凶残 (xiōngcán)
- 兇狠／凶狠 (xiōnghěn)
- 兇猛／凶猛 (xiōngměng)
- 兇險／凶险 (xiōngxiǎn)
- 凶暴 (xiōngbào)
- 厲害／厉害 (lìhài)
- 嚴酷／严酷 (yánkù)
- 強暴／强暴 (qiángbào)
- 忍 (rěn) (literary)
- 惡勢／恶势 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 惡毒／恶毒 (èdú)
- 惡狠狠／恶狠狠 (èhěnhěn)
- 慘／惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 暴力 (bàolì)
- 暴戾 (bàolì) (literary)
- 暴虐 (bàonüè)
- 暴躁 (bàozào)
- 殘／残 (cán) (literary,or in compounds)
- 殘忍／残忍 (cánrěn)
- 殘暴／残暴 (cánbào)
- 殘酷／残酷 (cánkù)
- 毒辣 (dúlà)
- 烏心／乌心 (Min Nan)
- 狠心 (hěnxīn)
- 狠毒 (hěndú)
- 狠狠 (hěnhěn)
- 猙獰／狰狞 (zhēngníng)
- 粗殘／粗残 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 酷烈 (kùliè)
- 野蠻／野蛮 (yěmán)
- 陰功／阴功 (jam1 gung1) (Cantonese)
- 險惡／险恶 (xiǎn'è)
- 黑心 (hēixīn)
Compounds
- 光辣撻／光辣挞
- 吃辣麵／吃辣面
- 吃香喝辣
- 哈辣
- 大辣酥
- 心狠手辣 (xīnhěnshǒulà)
- 托辣斯
- 撲辣／扑辣
- 放屁辣臊 (fàngpìlàsāo)
- 毒辣 (dúlà)
- 清光滑辣 (qīngguānghuálà)
- 滑辣
- 潑辣／泼辣 (pōlà)
- 火焦火辣
- 火辣 (huǒlà)
- 熱辣辣／热辣辣 (rèlàlà)
- 甜不辣 (tiánbùlà)
- 甜辣醬／甜辣酱
- 甜酸苦辣 (tiánsuānkǔlà)
- 老辣 (lǎolà)
- 苦辣
- 薑桂老辣／姜桂老辣 (jiāngguìlǎolà)
- 薑越老越辣／姜越老越辣 (jiāngyuèlǎoyuèlà)
- 薑還是老的辣／姜还是老的辣 (jiāng háishì lǎo de là)
- 虎辣八
- 蹼辣
- 辛辣 (xīnlà)
- 辣乎乎
- 辣味 (làwèi)
- 辣妹 (làmèi)
- 辣子 (làzi)
- 辣實／辣实
- 辣手 (làshǒu)
- 辣拐子 (làguǎizi)
- 辣椒 (làjiāo)
- 辣氣／辣气
- 辣油 (làyóu)
- 辣浪
- 辣燥
- 辣瓣兒醬／辣瓣儿酱 (làbànrjiàng)
- 辣絲絲／辣丝丝 (làsīsī)
- 辣菜 (làcài)
- 辣菜根子
- 辣豁豁
- 辣貨／辣货
- 辣酥酥
- 辣醬／辣酱 (làjiàng)
- 辣雞／辣鸡 (làjī)
- 酸甜苦辣 (suāntiánkǔlà)
- 酸辣湯／酸辣汤 (suānlàtāng)
- 鳳辣子／凤辣子
- 麻辣 (málà)
- 黃湯辣水／黄汤辣水 (huángtānglàshuǐ)
See also
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| 甜 (tián) | 酸 (suān) | 鹹／咸 (xián) | 苦 | 辣 (là) | 鮮味／鲜味 (xiānwèi) |
Etymology 2
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| alternative forms | 嘞 勒 拉 啦 垃 | |
From 在 (MC dzojX) (Dai, 2004) (compare 哉 > 了) or 來 (MC loj). Cognate with 勒.
Pronunciation
Definitions
辣 (Northern Wu)
- to be at; to be located at
- at; in
- be ...-ing; in the middle of doing something (indicating an action in progress)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 在 (“at, in”)
Dialectal synonyms of 正在 (“in the process of; currently”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 正在, 刻正 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 正在, 在 |
| Taiwan | 正在, 在 | |
| Guilin | 在 | |
| Malaysia | 正在, 在 | |
| Singapore | 正在, 在 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處 |
| Hong Kong | 喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 喺度 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 當, 在該, 當在 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 當, 在該 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 當, 在該 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 當, 在該 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 當, 在該 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 正在, 在遐 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 著𡅏, 𡅏 |
| Fuqing | 著𡅏 | |
| Singapore (Fuqing) | 著𡅏 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧 |
| Quanzhou | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧 | |
| Zhangzhou | 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 當時 | |
| Tainan | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 佇 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 佇, 佇咧 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 佇咧, 咧 | |
| Shantou | 在 | |
| Shantou (Chaoyang) | 在 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 在 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 辣, 辣辣, 辣海 |
| Ningbo | 來, 來的, 來該, 來當, 來東, 來勒 | |
| Wenzhou | 是, 是搭 | |
Compounds
Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of 辣 – see 焫 (“(of hot objects) to burn; to scald; to sear; very hot; scalding”). (This character is a variant form of 焫). |
Compounds
References
- “辣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
辣
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Readings
- Go-on: らち (rachi)
- Kan-on: らつ (ratsu, Jōyō)
- Kun: からい (karai, 辣い); きびしい (kibishii, 辣しい); むごい (mugoi, 辣い)
Compounds
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
辣 (eumhun 매울 랄 (mae'ul ral), South Korea 매울 날 (mae'ul nal))
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Vietnamese
Han character
辣: Hán Việt readings: lạt
辣: Nôm readings: lượt, lát, lướt, nhạt, nhợt