| Kanji | 烈 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | レツ |
| Kunyomi | はげ.しい |
| Nanori | やす |
| English | ardent, violent, vehement, furious, severe, extreme |
| Examples | 強烈(きょうれつ): strong; intense; severe 猛烈(もうれつ): violent; vehement; raging; stout; intense; spirited; stormy |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 1397 |
| Components | 列: file; row; rank; tier; column 火: fire |
| Number of Strokes | 10 |
| Kanji Radical | 火 |
| Radical Number | 86 |
| Radical Strokes | 4 |
| Radical Reading | ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic |
| Keyword | ardent |
| Koohii Story 1 | The nazis were ardent believers in the master arian race, see them marching everyone else into the oven fires, single file. |
| Koohii Story 2 | The undead, marching single file, prove how ardent they are be walking across a field of flame. Fun fact, ardent used to mean to burn. |
| RTK Index | 814 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500
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