Memory phrase for the Kanji: 烈

烈

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Meaning fierce, furious, vehement, intense, extreme

Pronunciation

RETSU

Explanation

Top: row 列 (bones 歹 separated with a knife刂 and lined up.), below: fire 灬

Mnemonic
 
A row of fires is burning fiercely.

Radicals

列 line, row
歹 bare boneBones 歹 (vertebrae or rib) or variant of sitting person 夕,匕 under ground 一.
刂 cutVariation of sword 刀
灬 fireBoth the radical renga and this radical 火 are used for fire.
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 Vocabulary

苛烈な かれつな  seriously
強烈 きょうれつ  strong, intense, severe
猛烈 もうれつ  violent, vehement, rage

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