烈
烈 — Ardent
ardent, violent, vehement, furious, severe, extreme
On’yomiレツ (retsu)
Kun’yomiはげしい (hageshii)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 烈
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 強烈 | きょうれつ kyouretsu | strong; intense; severe |
| 猛烈 | もうれつ mouretsu | fierce; intense; severe |
| 痛烈 | つうれつ tsuuretsu | severe; bitter; scathing |
| 熱烈 | ねつれつ netsuretsu | ardent; passionate; vehement |
| 鮮烈 | せんれつ senretsu | vivid; striking |
| 激烈 | げきれつ gekiretsu | violence; vehemence; fury |
Study notes
烈 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1397 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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