辣

See also: 辢

Translingual

Han character

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

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		辣

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (剌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
莿	*sʰeːɡs, *raːds
鵣	*raːds
辣	*raːd
辢	*raːd
剌	*raːd
揧	*raːd
瘌	*raːd
楋	*raːd
蝲	*raːd

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): là (la⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): na²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laat⁶ / lat⁶
• Gan (Wiktionary): lah⁷
• Jin (Wiktionary): lah⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): luòi / lă
• Eastern Min (BUC): lăk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): la̍t / loa̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): luah⁴ / luah⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵laq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): la⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: là
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: là
    • Wade–Giles: la⁴
    • Yale: là
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lah
    • Palladius: ла (la)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: na²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: la
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /na²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: laat⁶ / lat⁶
    • Yale: laaht / laht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laat⁹ / lat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lad⁶ / led⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːt̚²/, /lɐt̚²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: lah⁷
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laʔ²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: lah⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /laʔ²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: luòi / lă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /luɛ⁴²/, /la²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lăk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃aʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lat̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loa̍h
    • Tâi-lô: lua̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loah
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /luaʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /luaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /luaʔ⁴/

Note:

• la̍t - literary;
• loa̍h - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: luah⁴ / luah⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: luah / lua̍h
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /luaʔ²/, /luaʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵laq
    • MiniDict: 'lah^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²'laq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /laʔ³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: la⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /la̠²⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 辣
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/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə.rˤat/

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	辣
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	là
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	辣
Reading #	1/1
No.	7591
Phonetic component	剌
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	剌
Old Chinese	/*raːd/
Notes	辢後起字，辛原在右

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 辣

1. spicy; hot; peppery; pungent; hot
2. cruel; vicious

   毒辣  ―  dúlà  ―  sinister

3. (Shanghai) to be; to be located at

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 辣 (“spicy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		辛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		辣, 辛辣
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	辣
	Taiwan	辣
	Chifeng	辣
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	辣
	Harbin	辣
	Shenyang	辣
	Malaysia	辣
	Singapore	辣
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	辣
	Tangshan	辣
	Cangzhou	辣
	Baoding	辣
	Shijiazhuang	辣
	Jinan	辣
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	辣
	Qingdao	辣
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	麻
	Zhengzhou	辣
	Xi'an	辣
	Xining	辣
	Xuzhou	辣
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	辣
	Lanzhou	辣
	Ürümqi	辣
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	辣
	Chongqing	辣
	Wuhan	辣
	Guiyang	辣
	Kunming	辣
	Guilin	辣
	Liuzhou	辣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	辣
	Yangzhou	辣
	Nantong	辣
	Hefei	辣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	辣
	Hong Kong	辣
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	辣
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	辣
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	辣
	Taishan	辣
	Dongguan	辣
	Yangjiang	辣
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	辣
	Singapore (Guangfu)	辣
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	辣
Gan	Nanchang	辣
	Lichuan	辣
	Pingxiang	辣
Hakka	Meixian	辣
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	辣
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	辣
	Wengyuan	辣
	Liannan	辣
	Jiexi	辣
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	辣
	Changting	辣
	Wuping (Yanqian)	辣
	Ninghua	辣
	Yudu	辣
	Ningdu	辣
	Tonggu (Sandu)	辣
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	辣
	Dayu	辣
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	辣
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	辣
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	辣
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	辣
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	辣
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	薟
	Hong Kong	辣
	Mengshan (Xihe)	辣
	Luchuan	辣
	Senai (Huiyang)	辣
Huizhou	Jixi	辣
	Shexian	辣
Jin	Taiyuan	辣
	Xinzhou	辣
	Linhe	辣
	Jining	辣
	Hohhot	辣
	Zhangjiakou	辣
	Handan	辣
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	辣
Southern Min	Xiamen	辣
	Quanzhou	辣
	Zhangzhou	辣
	Zhao'an	薟
	Dongshan	薟
	Taipei	薟
	Taipei (Wanhua)	薟
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	薟
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	薟
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	薟
	Kaohsiung	薟
	Yilan	薟
	Changhua (Lukang)	薟
	Taichung	薟
	Taichung (Wuqi)	薟
	Tainan	辣, 薟
	Taitung	薟
	Hsinchu	薟
	Kinmen	辣
	Penghu (Magong)	辣
	Penang (Hokkien)	薟, 辣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	薟, 辣
	Manila (Hokkien)	風, 辣
	Chaozhou	薟
	Shantou	薟
	Shantou (Chenghai)	薟
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	薟
	Jieyang	薟
	Haifeng	薟
	Bangkok (Teochew)	薟
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	薟
	Singapore (Teochew)	薟
	Pontianak (Teochew)	薟
	Wenchang	辣
	Haikou	辣
	Qionghai	辣
	Singapore (Hainanese)	辣
Puxian Min	Putian	辣
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	辣
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	辣
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	辣
	Xianyou	辣
	Xianyou (Fengting)	辣
	Xianyou (Youyang)	辣
Central Min	Yong'an	辣
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	辣
Shehua	Fu'an	辣
	Fuding	辣
	Luoyuan	辣
	Sanming	辣
	Shunchang	辣
	Hua'an	辣
	Guixi (Zhangping)	辣
	Cangnan	辣
	Jingning (Hexi)	辣
	Lishui	辣
	Longyou	辣
	Chaozhou	辣
	Fengshun	辣
Wu	Shanghai	辣
	Shanghai (Chongming)	辣
	Suzhou	辣
	Danyang	辣
	Hangzhou	辣
	Ningbo	辣
	Wenzhou	辣
	Jinhua	辣
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	辣農
Xiang	Changsha	辣
	Loudi	辣

Dialectal synonyms of 在 (“at, in”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		於
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		在
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	在, 挨, 跟, 的
	Taiwan	在
	Harbin	在
	Malaysia	在
	Singapore	在
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	在, 從
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	在
	Xi'an	在
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	在
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	在
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	在
	Wuhan	在
	Guiyang	在
	Guilin	在
	Liuzhou	在
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	在
	Yangzhou	在
	Rugao	吖
	Hefei	在
Cantonese	Guangzhou	喺, 響
	Hong Kong	喺, 響
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	喺, 在
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	喺, 響
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	在
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	在
	Macau	喺
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	喺, 響
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	響, 喺
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	在
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	在
	Foshan	喺, 響
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	喺, 響
	Foshan (Shunde)	喺
	Foshan (Sanshui)	喺
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	喺, 響
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	在
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	在
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	響, 揀
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	揀
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	喺
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	喺
	Taishan	到, 響
	Kaiping (Chikan)	到, 響
	Enping (Niujiang)	到, 響
	Heshan (Yayao)	響
	Dongguan	響, 在, 喺
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	在
	Yangjiang	在
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	喺, 響
	Singapore (Guangfu)	喺
Gan	Nanchang	在
	Lichuan	在
	Pingxiang	在
Hakka	Meixian	嗨
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	在
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	在
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	在
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	在
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	在
	Yudu	在
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	在
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	在
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	在
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	在
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	在
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	在
	Hong Kong	在
	Senai (Huiyang)	在
	Kuching (Hepo)	在
	Singapore (Dabu)	在
Jin	Taiyuan	在
	Xinzhou	在
Northern Min	Jian'ou	到
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	著, 在, 洽
	Fuqing	著, 洽
	Singapore (Fuqing)	著
Southern Min	Xiamen	佇, 踮, 蹛
	Quanzhou	佇, 踮, 蹛
	Zhangzhou	佇, 咧, 蹛
	Zhao'an	佇, 蹛
	Taipei	佇
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	佇
	Kaohsiung	佇
	Yilan	佇
	Changhua (Lukang)	佇
	Taichung	佇
	Tainan	佇, 踮, 蹛
	Hsinchu	佇
	Kinmen	佇
	Penghu (Magong)	佇
	Penang (Hokkien)	佇, 蹛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	佇, 壏
	Manila (Hokkien)	佇, 踮
	Chaozhou	在
	Shantou	在
	Shantou (Chenghai)	在
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	在
	Jieyang	在, 壏, 放
	Haifeng	著
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	在
	Singapore (Teochew)	在, 壏
	Leizhou	佇, 放
	Wenchang	佇
	Singapore (Hainanese)	佇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	在
Wu	Shanghai	垃, 垃垃, 垃拉, 垃海, 垃該, 垃浪
	Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang)	垃該, 拉
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	立垃, 勒嵌
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	垃, 垃垃
	Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong)	垃該
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	垃該
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	有垃, 垃該
	Shanghai (Qingpu)	勒拉
	Shanghai (Jiading)	勒, 浪, 勒浪, 勒搭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	勒勒, 勒
	Suzhou	勒, 勒勒, 勒裡, 勒海, 勒浪, 勒篤
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	勒, 勒海, 勒拉, 勒浪
	Wuxi	勒, 來勒, 勒娘, 勒裡
	Changshu	勒笃, 勒裡, 勒海, 勒浪
	Kunshan	勒, 勒浪, 勒海
	Qidong	勒
	Qidong (Lüsi)	在, 來, 來該
	Nantong (Haimen)	勒, 勒特, 勒海, 勒勒
	Haimen (Sijia)	來, 來到
	Rudong	勒, 勒勒
	Pinghu	勒, 勒海, 勒浪, 勒化, 來, 來海, 來浪, 來化
	Haining (Xiashi)	有起霍, 有起, 有垃, 起勒, 起, 勒, 起霍
	Haiyan	勒, 勒勒
	Changzhou	勒, 勒蕩, 勒娘, 勒頭, 漏
	Liyang	立
	Changzhou (Jintan)	在, 則
	Danyang	在, 則
	Jingjiang	來, 勒
	Jiangyin	勒, 勒勒
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	來, 拉, 垃, 得, 擱
	Huzhou	拉
	Deqing	垃, 垃好, 來該, 來東, 拉好, 有好
	Deqing (Geting)	拉
	Hangzhou	勒, 勒哈, 來搭, 來東, 在
	Hangzhou (Lin'an)	來, 來埭, 來同
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	勒, 勒裡, 勒帶, 勒底
	Hangzhou (Xiaoshan)	來帶, 來東, 來夯, 帶, 東, 夯
	Tonglu	來, 來裡, 來夯
	Shaoxing	來帶, 來埭, 來東, 來同, 來夯, 帶, 埭, 東, 同, 夯
	Shaoxing (Keqiao)	來帶, 來東, 來夯, 帶, 東, 夯
	Zhuji	來克, 來客, 勒克, 勒客, 克, 客
	Shengzhou	來, 來帶, 來東, 來夯
	Xinchang	來固, 來蒙, 來頭
	Ningbo	來, 來勒, 來的, 來對, 來東, 來當, 來該
	Ningbo (Zhenhai)	來
	Ningbo (Beilun)	來, 來該, 來的, 來對, 來當
	Ningbo (Yinzhou)	立該, 來, 來的, 來該
	Yuyao	來, 得, 來浪
	Ninghai	來的
	Zhoushan (Dinghai)	勒
	Wenzhou	是
Xiang	Changsha	在
	Loudi	在
	Shuangfeng	在

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

辣

(Jōyō kanji)

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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

Compounds

• 悪辣(あくらつ) (akuratsu)
• 苛辣(からつ) (karatsu)
• 辛辣(しんらつ) (shinratsu)
• 酸辣湯(サンラータン) (sanrātan): hot and sour soup
• 辣醤(ラージャン) (rājan)
• 辣白菜(ラーバイサイ) (rābaisai)
• 辣油(ラーユ) (rāyu): chili oil
• 辣韮(らっきょう) (rakkyō), 辣韭(らっきょう) (rakkyō)
• 辣腕(らつわん) (ratsuwan)

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Korean

Hanja

辣 • (ral>nal)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 랄>날
  • Name (hangeul): 매울
    

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 辣 (lượt, lát, lạt, lướt, nhạt, nhợt)

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