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冽 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「冫」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「冫」
On
レツ・レイれつ・れい · retsu · rei
Kun
きよ.いkiyo.i
Meaning
cold and clear

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Ice 冫 with 列 as phonetic: water cold and clear.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 清冽せいれつ

    cold and limpid

  • 凛冽りんれつ

    piercingly cold

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

岩(いわ)の間(あいだ)から清冽(せいれつ)な水(みず)が湧(わ)き出(で)ている。

Cold, clear water wells up between the rocks.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

清冽冽清pure冱to fre…凅to dry…凊cool凜bitter…冬winter泪tears囹prison茘used…洌clear…莅to att…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 冫Map of reading レツAll maps

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