热熔胶 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

rèróngjiāo

hot glue

rè hot Simplified

Simplified form of 熱. Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 埶 represents the sound.

Components

灬 Meaning component

biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

执 Simplified component

zhí hold in hand

Shorthand for the 埶 component in the traditional character 熱.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

róng melt

To form 容 hot metal 火; 容 also provides the pronunciation

Components

火 Meaning component

huǒ fire

容 Meaning component

róng contain; appearance

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	loŋ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

jiāo glue Simplified

Tendons that connect 交 muscles ⺼; 交 also provides the pronunciation

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

交 Sound Meaning component

jiāo to cross, to mix

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ɡreːw

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

rè hot Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 埶 represents the sound.

Components

灬 Meaning component

biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

埶 Sound component

yì, shì art, skill

Change in sound

熱 and 埶 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
熱 nyet
埶 syejH

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Component uses

Sound (1)

爇

Meaning (1)

爇

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nyet	C.nat (or *C.ŋet?)	hot

說文解字

《說文》：“熱，溫也。从火，埶聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

jiāo glue Traditional

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

flesh

翏 Sound component

liù, lù to sweep away, to remove

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kæw	[k]ˤriw	glue
	kæwX	[k]ˤriwʔ	glue
Zhengzhang		krɯːw
		krɯːws
		kʰrɯːw
Unicode	gau

說文解字

昵也。作之以皮。从肉翏聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

热 rè hot Simplified

Components

Sources

熔 róng melt

Components

Historical Pronunciations

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胶 jiāo glue Simplified

Components

Historical Pronunciations

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熱 rè hot Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1)

Meaning (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

膠 jiāo glue Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

rè hot Simplified

róng melt

jiāo glue Simplified

rè hot Traditional

jiāo glue Traditional