Kanji · first appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary
列

列 – file, row, rank

6 strokesTaught in grade 3#927 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 列 means file, row, rank, tier, column. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is レツ、レ (retsu, re). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 刀 (no. 18).

Stroke order

123456

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiレツretsu
On’yomiレre

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: (Kangxi radical 18). Components: 刈・歹.

Words using 列

列れつrow列車れっしゃtrain行列ぎょうれつline列島れっとうarchipelago配列はいれつarranging整列せいれつstanding in a row陳列ちんれつexhibition並列へいれつarranging in a line

Example sentences

この数字の列を合計しなさい。
Add up this column of figures.
この列車は東京行きです。
This train is bound for Tokyo.
子どもたちがサーカスの行列を追いかけた。
The children chased after the circus parade.

Kanji with the same radical

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