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烈

JLPT N1 10 strokes Frequency: #1397

Meanings

Ardent, Violent, Vehement, Furious, Severe, Extreme

Radicals

灬

Decomposition

⿱列灬

Etymology

Pictophonetic: fire

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

2 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

3 corner top-to-bottom

4 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

5 vertical right-to-left

6 hook right-to-left

7 dot bottom-to-top

8 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

9 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

10 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

レツ retsu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

はげ hage

Words Using This Kanji

34 words total

Other (20 words)

strong

violence

severity

vivid

heroic

severe

ardent

military merit

fierce

bravery

ancestor's meritorious deeds

烈震れっしん

disastrous earthquake

raging fire

heroine

gale

chaste, strong-minded woman

upright man

blazing sun

severe

aromatic

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