■ radical

rè

heat

How it’s built

Simplified form of 熱. Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 埶 represents the sound.

灬

meaning

fire — 灬 is a component form of 火.

执

simplified

execute; grasp — Shorthand for the 埶 component in the traditional character 熱. The pronunciation of 熱 was similar to 埶 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.

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