The Japanese Radical: 列


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Meaning
line, row    列

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT 3Joyo 3
line, row, rank
RETSU
Left: bare bone (image of a vertebra), right: knife
(At the butcher) The bones are laid bare by a knife and arranged in a row.
JLPT 3Joyo 4
example, precedent, usage
tatoeru, REI
Left: Person /, right: line/row (bones separated with a knife and lined up.)
People who line up in a row set an example.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
fierce, furious, vehement, intense, extreme
RETSU
Top: row (bones separated with a knife and lined up.), below: fire
A row of fires is burning fiercely.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
tear, split, rip, cut, rend
saku/keru, RETSU
Top: row (bones separated with knife and lined up.), below: clothes
(Tears in clothes run along the direction of weaving) Along the row the clothes will tear.

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