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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
Wikipedia has articles on:
辣 (Cantonese) 辣 (Written Standard Chinese? )
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
莿
*sʰeːɡs, *raːds
鵣
*raːds
辣
*raːd
辢
*raːd
剌
*raːd
揧
*raːd
瘌
*raːd
楋
*raːd
蝲
*raːd
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
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : là (la4 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄌㄚˋ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : na2
(Xi'an , Guanzhong Pinyin ) : lǎ
(Nanjing , Nanjing Pinyin ) : låq
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : laat6
(Dongguan , Jyutping++ ) : ngek8
Gan (Wiktionary ) : lah7
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : la̍t
(Hailu , HRS ) : ladˋ
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : lad6
Jin (Wiktionary ) : lah4
Northern Min (KCR ) : luòi / lă
Eastern Min (BUC ) : lăk
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing ): luah7 / lua2 / lah7
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : la̍t / loa̍h
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : luah4 / luah8
(Leizhou , Leizhou Pinyin ) : lua6
Wu (Northern , Wugniu ) : 8 laq / 8 laeq
Xiang
(Changsha , Wiktionary ) : la6
(Loudi , Wiktionary ) : la4
(Hengyang , Wiktionary ) : la2
Note :
luah7/lua2 - vernacular;
lah7 - literary.
Note :
la̍t - literary;
loa̍h - vernacular (“spicy; cruel (Mainland China)”).
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
辣
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
là
Middle Chinese
‹ lat ›
Old Chinese
/*mə.rˁat/ (~ C.rˁat ?)
English
spicy-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
辣
Reading #
1/1
No.
7591
Phonetic component
剌
Rime group
月
Rime subdivision
1
Corresponding MC rime
剌
Old Chinese
/*raːd/
Notes
辢 後 起 字 ,辛 原 在 右
Definitions
辣
spicy ; hot ; peppery ; pungent ; hot
無 辣 不 歡 / 无 辣 不 欢 ― wú là bù huān ― I don't find food that isn't spicy tasty.
我 不 吃 辣 。 ― Wǒ bù chī là . ― I don't eat spicy food.
to be spicy; to be hot; to burn
cruel ; vicious
毒辣 ― dúlà ― sinister
a surname : La
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
辣 (“spicy”)
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 ) 橫逆 / 横逆 ( Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien ) 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
See also
Etymology 2
Compounds
Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 辣 – see 垃 (“to be at ; to be located at; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 垃 ).
References
Japanese
Kanji
辣
(Jōyō kanji )
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
辣 (eumhun 매울 랄 ( mae'ul ral ) , word-initial (South Korea) 매울 날 ( mae'ul nal ) )
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Vietnamese
Han character
辣 : Hán Việt readings: lạt [ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
辣 : Nôm readings: lượt , lát [ 2] , lướt [ 2] , nhạt [ 2] , nhợt [ 2]
spicy , scathing , harsh
References