热裤
rè​kù

hotpants

热 rè hot Simplified

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

Components

灬
灬 Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

执
执 Simplified component
zhí hold in hand

Shorthand for the 埶 component in the traditional character 熱.

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Readings & variants
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裤 kù trousers Simplified

Simplified form of 褲. Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 庫 represents the sound.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

库
库 Sound component
kù armory

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

熱 rè hot Traditional

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

Components

灬
灬 Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

埶
埶 Sound component
yì, shì art, skill
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

爇

Meaning (1)

爇

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnyetC.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)

褲 kù trousers Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 庫 represents the sound.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

庫
庫 Sound component
kù armory

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰʷaːs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang