熱

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See also: 热 and 熟
熱 U+71B1, 熱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71B1
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 熲 →

Translingual

Han character

熱 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 土戈火 (GIF), four-corner 45331, composition ⿱埶灬)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 681, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19360
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1092, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2230, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+71B1

Chinese

trad. 熱
simp. 热
alternative forms 𤍠
𤉟
𤋩
𤎮
𪌌

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 熱
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (埶) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
褹 *ŋr'eːds, *ŋeds
勢 *hŋjeds
藝 *ŋeds
囈 *ŋeds
埶 *ŋeds
蓺 *ŋeds
槸 *ŋeds
爇 *ŋʷjed
褻 *sŋed
暬 *sŋed
熱 *ŋjed
槷 *ŋeːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋjed) : phonetic 埶 (OC *ŋeds) + semantic 灬 (“fire”).

Etymology

Schuessler (2024) considers this a *-t derivation of Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nwe (“warm”), whence also Burmese နွေး (nwe:, “warm; lukewarm”), နွှေး (hnwe:, “to warm something; to revise”).

Often considered to be related to 爇 (OC *ŋʷjed, “to burn; to toast”) and 焫 (OC *njod, “hot”).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • loa̍h/joa̍h - vernacular (“hot (of the weather)”);
  • lia̍t/le̍t/jia̍t/gia̍t - literary (“heated; to heat up; fever; craze; popular; enthusiastic; heaty; to put cooking oil”).
Note:
  • riag8 - literary;
  • riêg8 - literary (Chaozhou);
  • ruah8 - vernacular.
    • (Leizhou)
      • Leizhou Pinyin: yieg8 / yua6
      • Sinological IPA: /ziek̚²/, /zua³³/
Note:
  • yieg8 - literary;
  • yua6 - vernacular.
Note:
  • Songjiang:
    • 8gniq - vernacular;
    • 8zeq - literary.
Note:
  • ni4 - vernacular;
  • ie2 - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 熱
Mandarin Beijing /ʐɤ⁵¹/
Harbin /ʐɤ⁵³/
Tianjin /iɤ⁵³/
/ʐɤ⁵³/
Jinan /ʐə²¹/
Qingdao /iə⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ʐʐ̩ɛ²⁴/
Xi'an /ʐɤ²¹/
Xining /ʐɛ⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ʐə¹³/
Lanzhou /ʐə¹³/
Ürümqi /ʐɤ²¹³/
Wuhan /nɤ²¹³/
Chengdu /ze³¹/
Guiyang /zɛ²¹/
Kunming /ʐə³¹/
Nanjing /ʐəʔ⁵/
Hefei /ʐɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /zaʔ²/
Pingyao /ʐʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /ʐaʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /ȵiɪʔ¹/
Suzhou /ȵiəʔ³/
Hangzhou /zz̩ʷəʔ²/
Wenzhou /ȵi²¹³/
Hui Shexian /ne²²/
Tunxi /ȵia¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ye²⁴/
Xiangtan /ie²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /lɛʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /ŋiat̚⁵/
Taoyuan /ŋiet̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jit̚²/
Nanning /jit̚²²/
Hong Kong /jit̚²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /liat̚⁵/
/luaʔ⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ieʔ⁵/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /iɛ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /ziak̚⁵/
/zuaʔ⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /zit̚³/
/zua³³/
Rime
Character 熱
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 薛 (81)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 如列切
Baxter nyet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵiᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑjæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵiat̚/
Li
Rong 		/ȵiɛt̚/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑĭɛt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑi̯ɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		rè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jit6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 熱
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		rè
Middle
Chinese 		‹ nyet ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.nat/ (or *C.ŋet?)
English hot

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 熱
Reading # 1/1
No. 15099
Phonetic
component 		埶
Rime
group 		月
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		熱
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋjed/

Definitions

熱

  1. hot; heated; having a high temperature
    一杯熱茶／一杯热茶  ―  yī bēi rè chá  ―  a cup of hot tea
    啲湯仲好熱，小心啲啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    啲汤仲好热，小心啲啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    di1 tong1 zung6 hou2 jit6, siu2 sam1 di1 laa1.
    The soup's still hot; be careful.
    湯還熱呢，要小心。 [MSC, trad.]
    汤还热呢，要小心。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tāng hái rè ne, yào xiǎoxīn.
    The soup's still hot; be careful.
    聽候鼎熱的時，愛趕緊囥油落去。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    听候鼎热的时，爱赶紧囥油落去。 [Hokkien, simp.]
    Thèng-hāu tiáⁿ lia̍t ê sî, ài kóaⁿ-kín khǹg iû lo̍h-khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Once the pan is hot enough, you must put the oil down quickly.
  2. hot (of the weather)
    今天很熱。／今天很热。  ―  Jīntiān hěn rè.  ―  It is quite hot today.
    今仔日真熱。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    今仔日真热。 [Hokkien, simp.]
    Kim-á-li̍t chin loa̍h. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    It's very hot today.
  3. to heat up; to warm up
    菜過鼎小熱一下。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    菜过鼎小热一下。 [Hokkien, simp.]
    Chhài kè tiáⁿ sió lia̍t chi̍t-ē. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Heat up the vegetables a bit over the wok.
  4. heat; hotness; warmness; high temperature
    傳熱／传热  ―  chuán rè  ―  to conduct heat
  5. (literary) hot weather; summer heat
  6. ardent; warmhearted; enthusiastic
    熱情／热情  ―  rèqíng  ―  enthusiastic
    熱戀／热恋  ―  rèliàn  ―  to be head over heels in love; to be madly in love
    熱心腸／热心肠  ―  rèxīncháng  ―  warm-heartedness
  7. fever; febrility; pyrexia
    發熱／发热  ―  fārè  ―  to have a fever
    退熱／退热  ―  tuìrè  ―  to bring down a fever
  8. craze; fad
    鋼琴熱／钢琴热  ―  gāngqín rè  ―  piano craze; intense enthusiasm for learning the piano
  9. popular; fashionable; in vogue
    熱門／热门  ―  rèmén  ―  popular; in vogue; hot
  10. noisy; lively
    熱鬧／热闹  ―  rènào  ―  bustling; lively
  11. (literary) worried; anxious; distraught
  12. envious
    眼熱／眼热  ―  yǎnrè  ―  to envy
  13. (traditional Chinese medicine) heaty
    用烏麻油的物件真熱。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    用乌麻油的物件真热。 [Hokkien, simp.]
    Ēng o͘-môa-iû ê mi̍h-kiāⁿ chin lia̍t. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Things fried in sesame oil are heaty.
  14. (Mainland China Hokkien) to put cooking oil in the pan to heat it (to make it convenient to stir-fry)
    熱油／热油 [Hokkien]  ―  lia̍t-iû [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to heat up cooking oil in a pan for cooking food
  15. (Mainland China Hokkien) deeply immersed; highly enthusiastic (into something)
    行棋行甲真熱，冊煞𣍐顧得讀。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    行棋行甲真热，册煞𫧃顾得读。 [Hokkien, simp.]
    Kiâⁿ-kî kiâⁿ kah chin lia̍t, chheh soah bōe-kò͘-tit tha̍k. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    He is deeply immersed in playing chess that he even disregarded reading the book.
    這擺逐個唱流行歌曲唱甲真熱。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    这摆逐个唱流行歌曲唱甲真热。 [Hokkien, simp.]
    Chit-pái ta̍k-ê chhiùⁿ liû-hêng koa-khek chhiùⁿ kah chin lia̍t. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Recently, people have been singing pop songs with high enthusiasm.
  16. (Taiwanese Hokkien) friendly; warm; intimate (with someone)
    𪜶兩人的感情當咧熱。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    𪜶两人的感情当咧热。 [Hokkien, simp.]
    In nn̄g lâng ê kám-chêng tng-teh jia̍t. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    The feelings between these two people are warm.
  17. a surname

Usage notes

  • For the "hot" sense, in some Chinese dialects (see the dialectal synonyms chart), the sense is limited to describing the weather.

Synonyms

  • (hot):
Dialectal synonyms of 熱 (“hot”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 熱
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 熱
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 熱
Taiwan 熱
Singapore 燒 ‡, 熱 †
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 熱
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 熱
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 熱
Xi'an 熱
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 熱
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 熱
Wuhan 熱
Guilin 熱
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 熱
Yangzhou 熱, 暖 †
Hefei 熱
Cantonese Guangzhou 熱, 㷫
Hong Kong 熱, 㷫
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 熱
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 熱
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 熱
Taishan 熱
Dongguan 熱, 㷫
Yangjiang 熱
Nanning 熱
Hepu (Lianzhou) 熱
Hepu (Shatian) 熱
Baise 熱
Qinzhou 熱
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) 熱
Beihai 熱
Beihai (Nankang) 熱
Beihai (Yingpan) 熱
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 熱
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 熱
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 熱
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 熱
Ipoh (Guangfu) 熱
Singapore (Guangfu) 熱, 燒 ‡
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 熱
Móng Cái 熱
Gan Nanchang 熱
Lichuan 熱
Pingxiang 熱
Hakka Meixian 燒, 熱
Xingning 燒
Huidong (Daling) 燒
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 滾
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 暖
Changting 燒
Wuping 燒
Wuping (Pingyu) 燒
Liancheng 燒
Ninghua 燒
Ruijin 滾
Shicheng 燒
Shangyou (Shexi) 滾
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 熱
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 熱
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 熱
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 熱
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 熱
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 熱
Hong Kong 燒, 熱 †
Huizhou Jixi 熱
Jin Taiyuan 熱
Northern Min Jian'ou 燒, 熱 †
Eastern Min Fuzhou 熱
Matsu 熱
Southern Min Xiamen 燒, 熱 †
Xiamen (Tong'an) 燒
Quanzhou 燒, 熱
Zhangzhou 燒, 熱
Zhao'an 燒
Dongshan 熱
Taipei 燒 GT, 熱 †, GT
Penang (Hokkien) 燒 ‡, 熱 †
Singapore (Hokkien) 燒 ‡, 熱 †
Manila (Hokkien) 燒 ‡, 熱 †
Chaozhou 燒, 熱 †
Shantou 燒, 熱 †
Jieyang 燒 ‡, 熱 †
Bangkok (Teochew) 燒, 熱 †
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 燒, 熱 †
Singapore (Teochew) 燒 ‡, 熱 †
Leizhou 熱
Wenchang 燒
Haikou 燒, 燒熱
Qionghai 熱
Singapore (Hainanese) 燒 ‡, 熱 †
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 熱
Wu Shanghai 熱
Suzhou 熱
Wenzhou 熱
Jinhua 熱
Xiang Changsha 熱
Shuangfeng 熱
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified); † - describes the weather; ‡ - describes objects

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (熱):
  • → Japanese: 熱(ねつ) (netsu)
  • → Korean: 열(熱) (yeol)
  • → Vietnamese: nhiệt (熱)

Japanese

See also 熱する

Kanji

熱

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. heat
  2. temperature
  3. fever
  4. mania
  5. passion

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
熱
ねつ
Grade: 4
goon
Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja

From Middle Chinese 熱 (MC nyet).

Pronunciation

Noun

熱(ねつ) • (netsu) 

  1. fever
    物(もの)凄(すご)い熱(ねつ)を出(だ)す
    monosugoi netsu o dasu
    to come down with a terrible fever
  2. (physics) heat

Suffix

熱(ねつ) • (-netsu) 

  1. (informal) passion; mania; fever (towards an activity or topic)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

熱 (eumhun 더울 열 (deoul yeol))

  1. hanja form? of 열 (“fever; heat”)

Vietnamese

Han character

熱: Hán Việt readings: nhiệt[1]
熱: Nôm readings: nhét[2], nhẹt[2]

  1. chữ Hán form of nhiệt (“heat”).

References

  1. ^ Trần (1999).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hồ (1976).
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