辣 (là) — Chinese Character

辣

là

hot (in taste); spicy; peppery; pungent; (of a smell) acrid; vicious; ruthless; hot pepper; chili

Radical: 辛 HSK 4 a, an, v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

辣 decomposes into the following components:

辛束

Semantic component: 辛; phonetic component: 束.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 辣.

中辣

zhōng là

hot

俗辣

sú là

加辣

jiā là

微辣

wēi là

mildly spicy

恶辣

è là

ruthless

极辣

jí là

very spicy

毒辣

dú là

泼辣

pō la

shrewish

火辣

huǒ là

painful heat

老辣

lǎo là

shrewd and ruthless

解辣

jiě là

辛辣

xīn là

spicy hot (taste)

Characters that share the radical 辛.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.