辣

辣 U+8FA3, 辣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FA3 ← 辢 [U+8FA2] CJK Unified Ideographs 辤 → [U+8FA4]

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

• 𪢘, 𨆹, 𣋩, 𤁕, 𬅀, 𤻬, 𥶁, 𫶼, 𰳡

• 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

simp. and trad.		辣
alternative forms		辢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːd) : semantic 辛 + phonetic 束. The latter is an abbreviation of 剌 (OC *raːd).

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

辣

1. spicy; hot; peppery; pungent; hot

   無辣不歡／无辣不欢  ―  wú là bù huān  ―  I don't find food that isn't spicy tasty.

   我不吃辣。  ―  Wǒ bù chī là.  ―  I don't eat spicy food.

2. to be spicy; to be hot; to burn
3. cruel; vicious

   毒辣  ―  dúlà  ―  sinister

4. a surname: La

• (spicy):

• (cruel):

Basic tastes in Chinese · 味道 (layout · text)
甜 (tián)	酸 (suān)	鹹／咸 (xián)	苦	辣 (là)	鮮味／鲜味 (xiānwèi)

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

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

• “辣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jōyō kanji)

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• 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)

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

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

1. spicy, scathing, harsh