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热 — to warm up; to heat up; hot

to warm up; to heat up; hot; heat; fervent

Pinyin
rè
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 热: 10 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

热 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 热 in the HSK syllabus: 28

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 热rèto warm up; to heat up; hot; heat; ferventHSK 1
  2. 热情rèqíngcordial; enthusiastic; passion; passionateHSK 3
  3. 热闹rènaobustling with noise and excitement; livelyHSK 4
  4. 加热jiārèto heatHSK 5
  5. 热爱rè’àito love ardently; to adoreHSK 5
  6. 热量rèliàngheat; quantity of heat; calorific valueHSK 5
  7. 热烈rèlièenthusiastic; ardent; warmHSK 5
  8. 热心rèxīnenthusiastic; ardent; zealousHSK 5
  9. 热点rèdiǎnhot spot; point of special interestHSK 6
  10. 热度rèdùlevel of heat; zeal; fervor; a temperatureHSK 6
  11. 热门rèménpopular; hot; in vogueHSK 6
  12. 热水器rèshuǐqìwater heaterHSK 6
  13. 热线rèxiànhotlineHSK 6
  14. 热议rèyìto discuss passionately; heated debateHSK 6
  15. 炎热yánrèblistering hot; sizzling hotHSK 6
  16. 发热fārèto have a high temperature; feverishHSK 7–9
  17. 忽冷忽热hūlěng-hūrènow hot, now cold; to alternateHSK 7–9
  18. 火热huǒrèfiery; burning; fervent; ardent; passionateHSK 7–9
  19. 狂热kuángrèzealotry; fanatical; feverishHSK 7–9
  20. 闷热mēnrèsultry; sultriness; hot and stuffy; stifling hotHSK 7–9
  21. 亲热qīnrèaffectionate; intimate; warmheartedHSK 7–9
  22. 热潮rècháowave of enthusiasm; craze; upsurgeHSK 7–9
  23. 热带rèdàithe tropics; tropicalHSK 7–9
  24. 热泪盈眶rèlèi-yíngkuàngeyes brimming with tears of excitementHSK 7–9
  25. 热腾腾rèténgténgsteaming hot; bustling; hectic; excited; stirred upHSK 7–9
  26. 热销rèxiāoto sell well; hot-sellingHSK 7–9
  27. 热衷rèzhōngto feel strongly about; to be fond of; obsessionHSK 7–9
  28. 灼热zhuórèburning hot; scorchingHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.