Meaning
heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up
Chinese: 温度高，也表示热情、热门。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “re” becomes a different word in each tone. 热 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 热情rè qíngcordial; enthusiastic; passion; passionate
- 热烈rè lièenthusiastic; ardent; warm
- 热爱rè àito love ardently; to adore
- 热闹rè naobustling with noise and excitement; lively
- 热心rè xīnenthusiastic; ardent; zealous
Example Sentence
夏天的天气很热。Xià tiān de tiān qì hěn rè.Summer weather is very hot.
夏天Xià tiānsummer的deof天气tiān qìweather很hěnvery热rèto warm up。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The fire radical 灬 (four dots, meaning) plus 执 (sound): full of fire — ‘hot’. Simplified from 熱.
A way to remember it
Fire below (灬) + a sound — hot.
Easy to confuse with
- 执‘To hold / carry out’: the upper sound part of 热, on its own.