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辣
là
pepper; hot, spicy; cruel
🔤 Pictophonetic:
辛 (bitter) provides meaning, 束 provides pronunciation
HSK 4
14 strokes
Common (24%)
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⿰辛束
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xīn
辛
bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem
📷 Pictographic:
A hot iron used to brand prisoners and slaves
7 strokes
HSK 4
shù
束
to bind, to control, to restrain; bale
💡 Ideographic:
Lumber 木 bound by rope 口
7 strokes
HSK 3
Words Using 辣 (47)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
辣
↗
là
hot (spicy) / pungent
4
là
辣
↗
HSK 4
hot (spicy) / pungent
辣
↗
là
old variant of [[辣<là>]]
4
là
辣
↗
HSK 4
old variant of [[辣<là>]]
辣椒
↗
làjiāo
hot pepper / chili
5
làjiāo
辣椒
↗
HSK 5
hot pepper / chili
火辣
↗
huǒlà
painful heat / scorching / rude and forthright / provocative / hot / sexy
huǒlà
火辣
↗
painful heat / scorching / rude and forthright / provocative / hot / sexy
火辣辣
↗
huǒlàlà
painful heat / scorching / painful heat / rude and forthright / provocative / hot / sexy
huǒlàlà
火辣辣
↗
painful heat / scorching / painful heat / rude and forthright / provocative / hot / sexy
辛辣
↗
xīnlà
spicy hot (taste) / fig. biting (criticism)
xīnlà
辛辣
↗
spicy hot (taste) / fig. biting (criticism)
老辣
↗
lǎolà
shrewd and ruthless / efficient and unscrupulous
lǎolà
老辣
↗
shrewd and ruthless / efficient and unscrupulous
麻辣
↗
málà
hot and numbing
málà
麻辣
↗
hot and numbing
极辣
↗
jílà
very spicy
jílà
极辣
↗
very spicy
恶辣
↗
èlà
ruthless
èlà
恶辣
↗
ruthless