烈 – ardent, violent, vehement

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The kanji 烈 means ardent, violent, vehement, furious, severe, extreme. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is レツ (retsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はげ.しい (hageshii). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 火 (no. 86).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	レツ	retsu
Kun’yomi	はげ.しい	hageshii

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: 火 (Kangxi radical 86). Components: 刈・杰・歹.

Words using 烈

強烈きょうれつstrong猛烈もうれつfierce

Example sentences

彼の返報は鼻への強烈なパンチだった。

His answer was a hard punch on the nose.

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警官がやってくるのを見ると彼は猛烈に走り出した。

When he saw a policeman coming, he began to run like anything.

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Kanji with the same radical

点無然火熱爆為燃焦災焼照炎煙炭熟

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