Chinese symbol for “hot”
辣
là
hot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting; to burn
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hot is 辣 (là), defined as: hot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting; to burn.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hot”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 热门 (熱門) | rè mén | popular; hot; in vogue |
| 热 (熱) | rè | to warm up; to heat up |
| 火 | huǒ | fire; urgent |
| 暍 | hè | hot |
| 中辣 | zhōng là | hot; medium level of spiciness |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 辣.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辣椒 | là jiāo | hot pepper; chili |
| 辣妹 | là mèi | hot chick; sexy girl |
| 麻辣 | má là | hot and numbing |
| 火辣 | huǒ là | painful heat; scorching |
| 辛辣 | xīn là | spicy hot (taste); fig. biting (criticism) |
| 火辣辣 | huǒ là là | scorching hot; (of a burn or other injury) painful; burning |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hot”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.