See also:
U+8FA3, 辣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FA3

[U+8FA2]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8FA4]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 160, 辛+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜十木中 (YJDL), four-corner 05496, composition )

Derived characters

  • 𪢘、𫶼、𣋩、𬅀、𤁕、𤻬、𥶁、𨆹、𰳡

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1251, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38646
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1731, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4040, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8FA3

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *raːd): semantic + abbreviated phonetic (OC *raːd).

Etymology 1

Possibly cognate with (OC *m·rads), (OC *red).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • luah7/lua2 - vernacular;
  • lah7 - literary.
Note:
  • la̍t - literary;
  • loa̍h - vernacular (“spicy; cruel (Mainland China)”).
Note:
  • Jinhua:
    • 6lua - vernacular;
    • 8leq - literary.
    • Xiang
      • (Changsha)
        • Wiktionary: la6
        • Sinological IPA (key): /la̠²⁴/
      • (Loudi)
        • Wiktionary: la4
        • Sinological IPA (key): /la̠³⁵/
      • (Hengyang)
        • Wiktionary: la2
        • Sinological IPA (key): /lä¹¹/

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    Mandarin Beijing /la⁵¹/
    Harbin /la⁵³/
    Tianjin /lɑ⁵³/
    Jinan /la²¹/
    Qingdao /la⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /la²⁴/
    Xi'an /la²¹/
    Xining /la⁴⁴/
    Yinchuan /la¹³/
    Lanzhou /la¹³/
    Ürümqi /la²¹³/
    Wuhan /na²¹³/
    Chengdu /na³¹/
    Guiyang /na²¹/
    Kunming /la̠³¹/
    Nanjing /lɑʔ⁵/
    Hefei /lɐʔ⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /laʔ²/
    Pingyao /lʌʔ⁵³/
    Hohhot /laʔ⁴³/
    Wu Shanghai /laʔ¹/
    Suzhou /laʔ³/
    Hangzhou /lɑʔ²/
    Wenzhou /la²¹³/
    Hui Shexian /la²²/
    Tunxi /lɔ¹¹/
    Xiang Changsha /la²⁴/
    Xiangtan /nɒ²⁴/
    Gan Nanchang /laʔ²/
    Hakka Meixian /lat̚⁵/
    Taoyuan /lɑt̚⁵⁵/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /lat̚²/
    Nanning /ʟat̚²²/
    Hong Kong /lɐt̚²/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /lat̚⁵/
    /luaʔ⁵/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /laʔ⁵/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /luɛ⁴²/
    /la²⁴/
    Shantou (Teochew) /la⁵/
    /luaʔ⁵/
    /luaʔ²/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /lua³³/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (37)
    Final () (63)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () I
    Fanqie
    Baxter lat
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /lɑt̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /lɑt̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /lɑt̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /lat̚/
    Li
    Rong
    /lɑt̚/
    Wang
    Li
    /lɑt̚/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren
    /lɑt̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    laat6
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ lat ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*mə.rˁat/ (~ C.rˁat ?)
    English spicy-hot

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 7591
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*raːd/
    Notes

    Definitions

    1. spicy; hot; peppery; pungent; hot
        ―  bù huān  ―  I don't find food that isn't spicy tasty.
        ―  Wǒ bù chī .  ―  I don't eat spicy food.
    2. to be spicy; to be hot; to burn
    3. cruel; vicious
        ―    ―  sinister
    4. a surname, La

    Synonyms

    • (spicy):
    • (cruel):

    Compounds

    See also

    Basic tastes in Chinese · 味道 (layout · text)
    (tián) (suān)  / (xián) () 鮮味 / 鲜味 (xiānwèi)

    Etymology 2

    For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“(of hot objects) to burn; to scald; to sear; very hot; scalding”).
    (This character is a variant form of ).

    Compounds

    Etymology 3

    For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to be at; to be located at; etc.”).
    (This character is a variant form of ).

    References

    Japanese

    Kanji

    (Jōyō kanji)

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

    Readings

    • Go-on: らち (rachi)
    • Kan-on: らつ (ratsu, Jōyō)
    • Kun: からい (karai, 辣い)きびしい (kibishii, 辣しい)むごい (mugoi, 辣い)

    Compounds

    Etymology

    Kanji in this term
    らつ
    Grade: S
    kan'on

    From Middle Chinese (MC lat).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ɾa̠t͡sɨ]

    Affix

    (らつ) • (ratsu

    1. spicy

    Korean

    Hanja

    (eumhun 매울 (mae'ul ral), word-initial (South Korea) 매울 (mae'ul nal))

    1. spicy

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    : Hán Việt readings: lạt[1][2][3]
    : Nôm readings: lượt, lát[2], lướt[2], nhạt[2], nhợt[2]

    1. scathing|harsh

    References

    1. ^ Trần (1999).
    2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Hồ (1976).
    3. ^ Génibrel (1898).