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烈

ardent, violent, vehement, furious, severe, extreme

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • レツ

Kun'yomi

  • はげ.しい

Nanori

  • やす

Meaning

烈 centers on intense, forceful energy: something ardent, violent, vehement, furious, severe, or extreme. It describes a state where passion or power is pushed to a high degree.

Most common words using 烈

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  • 強烈きょうれつ
    N1

    strong; intense; severe

  • 猛烈もうれつ
    N1

    fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement; terrific; terrible

  • 熱烈ねつれつ
    N1

    ardent; passionate; vehement

  • 痛烈つうれつ
    N1

    severe; bitter; scathing

  • 熾烈しれつ

    fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen; cutthroat

  • 烈火れっか

    raging fire; conflagration

  • 烈風れっぷう

    gale; violent (strong) wind

  • 激烈げきれつ

    violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity; fierceness; keenness

  • 苛烈かれつ

    severe; fierce; stern

  • 鮮烈せんれつ

    vivid; striking

  • 奇天烈きてれつ

    very strange; odd; queer

  • 烈士れっし

    upright man; patriot; hero

  • 烈震れっしん

    disastrous earthquake

  • 壮烈そうれつ

    heroic; brave

  • 余烈よれつ

    ancestor's meritorious deeds; the evil effects of the lives of our predecessors

  • 偉烈いれつ

    great achievement

  • 凄烈せいれつ

    fierce

  • 勇烈ゆうれつ

    bravery; valor; valour; courage

  • 奇妙奇天烈きみょうきてれつ

    extremely weird; very eccentric

  • 峻烈しゅんれつ

    severe; harsh; rigorous; trenchant; scathing; sharp; incisive; cutting

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Etymology

烈 combines 列 (arrange, line up) with 灬 (fire). The fire radical suggests intense heat or burning, giving the idea of fierce, violent energy. The 列 component likely contributes a phonetic element.

Meaning mnemonic

A line (列) of fire (灬) burns fiercely, representing something ardent, violent, or extreme.

Reading mnemonic

For レツ, imagine a line of fire so intense it makes a loud 'rets' crackling sound: rets -> レツ.