Chinese symbol for “popular”
热门
rè mén
Traditional: 熱門
popular; hot; in vogue
The closest CC-CEDICT match for popular is 热门 (rè mén), defined as: popular; hot; in vogue.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “popular”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抢手 (搶手) | qiǎng shǒu | (of goods) popular; in great demand |
| 吃香 | chī xiāng | popular; in demand |
| 红 (紅) | hóng | red; popular |
| 民间 (民間) | mín jiān | among the people; popular |
| 大众 (大眾) | dà zhòng | the masses; the great bulk of the population |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 热门.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 热情 (熱情) | rè qíng | cordial; enthusiastic |
| 热爱 (熱愛) | rè ài | to love ardently; to adore |
| 热烈 (熱烈) | rè liè | enthusiastic; ardent |
| 热带 (熱帶) | rè dài | the tropics; tropical |
| 热点 (熱點) | rè diǎn | hot spot; point of special interest |
| 部门 (部門) | bù mén | department; branch |
| 专门 (專門) | zhuān mén | specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose) |
| 门口 (門口) | mén kǒu | doorway; gate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “popular”.
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.