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烈 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「灬」

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4Junior high level ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「灬」
On
レツれつ · retsu
Kun
はげ.しいhage.shii
Meaning
violent; intense

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

With 灬 "fire": fire burning fiercely — violent, intense.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onレツれつretsu烈火れっか壮烈そうれつ猛烈もうれつ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 激烈げきれつ

    violent; severe

  • 熱烈ねつれつ

    ardent

More words with this kanji

  • 猛烈もうれつ
  • 苛烈かれつ
  • 熾烈しれつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

熱烈(ねつれつ)な声援(せいえん)を受(う)けた。

He received ardent cheers.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

激烈熱烈烈激violen…熱heat為do煮boil点dot烋auspic…烝to ste…劣inferi…列row冽cold…洌clear…埒enclos…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 灬Map of reading レツAll maps

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