热
rè HSK1

hot

热 (熱) rè
hot adjective
having a high temperature, especially of the weather or environment

今天的天气非常热。

jīn​tiān de tiān​qì fēi​cháng rè.

The weather is very hot today.

heat noun
the quality or state of being hot; thermal energy

由于摩擦会产生大量的热，机器需要良好的散热。

yóu​yú mó​cā huì chǎn​shēng dà​liàng de rè, jī​qì xū​yào liáng​hǎo de sàn​rè.

Since friction generates a lot of heat, the machine needs good heat dissipation.

heat up verb
to warm something up or increase its temperature

把这碗汤热一下再喝。

bǎ zhè wǎn tāng rè yī​xià zài hē.

Heat up this soup before drinking it.

fervent adjective
characterized by intense emotion, passion, or enthusiasm

这个话题最近在网上讨论得特别热。

zhè gè huà​tí zuì​jìn zài wǎng​shàng tǎo​lùn de tè​bié rè.

This topic has been a very hot discussion online lately.

Frequency
Character
Written text
606th most common 346.5 per million
Movie subtitles
613th most common 228.4 per million appears in 63% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
90.2 per million appears in 27% of films
Written text
146.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Traditional
熱
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+70ED

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)