烈 — ardent, violent, vehement

れつ烈 ardent

れつ

U+70C8 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1397 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #877 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

ardent
violent
vehement
furious
severe
extreme

Readings

On'yomi: れつ retsu
Kun'yomi: はげ hage

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れつ retsu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

強(きょう) 烈(れつ) kyouretsu intense 猛(もう) 烈(れつ) mouretsu fierce 熱(ねつ) 烈(れつ) netsuretsu ardent 痛(つう) 烈(れつ) tsuuretsu severe 鮮(せん) 烈(れつ) senretsu vivid

Words by frequency and grade

5 words

Each dot is a word containing 烈: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 3 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

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