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烈 — Ardent

JLPT N110 strokesSecondary school#1397 most used
ardent, violent, vehement, furious, severe, extreme
On’yomiレツ (retsu)
Kun’yomiはげしい (hageshii)

Stroke order (10 strokes)

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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

WordReadingMeaning
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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