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

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
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: 刀 (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.

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この列車は東京行きです。

This train is bound for Tokyo.

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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.

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Kanji with the same radical

分前制初判利別割切副券劇創則削刊

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