烈 — Chinese character
烈
liè
fiery, violent; ardent, vehement
- Pinyin
- liè
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 列 灬
- Formation
- pictophonetic — fire; meaning component 灬; sound component 列
- Japanese
- 烈 as a kanji
Common words with 烈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 强烈 (強烈) | qiáng liè | strong; intense |
| 激烈 | jī liè | (of competition or fighting) intense; fierce |
| 热烈 (熱烈) | rè liè | enthusiastic; ardent |
| 剧烈 (劇烈) | jù liè | violent; acute; severe; fierce |
| 猛烈 | měng liè | fierce; violent; vigorous; intense |
| 烈士 | liè shì | martyr |
| 愈演愈烈 | yù yǎn yù liè | ever more critical; problems get more and more intense |
| 烈火 | liè huǒ | raging inferno; blaze |
| 惨烈 (慘烈) | cǎn liè | bitter; desperate |
| 轰轰烈烈 (轟轟烈烈) | hōng hōng liè liè | strong; vigorous |
| 烈日 | liè rì | scorching sun |
| 兴高采烈 (興高采烈) | xìng gāo cǎi liè | happy and excited (idiom); in high spirits |
English words written with 烈
烈 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 1
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