烈
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ardent; intense; fierce; stern; upright; to give one's life for a noble cause; exploits; achievements
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How 烈 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
灬 (semantic, “fire”) + 列 (phonetic, liè)
How to remember it
intense · Heisig RSH #714
列 line up + cooking fire
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 列
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 列 (liè) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 列 sound component | liè | a line; to arrange, to classify |
| 裂 | liè | to split, to rend; crevice, crack |
| 例 | lì | precedent, example, case; regulation |
| 咧 | liě | to grimace, to grin |
| 冽 | liè | cold and raw; pure, clear |
| 趔 | liè | to stumble; to halt, to check |
| 洌 | liè | clear, pure; to cleanse |
Words containing 烈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烈山区 | Liè shān Qū | Lieshan, a district of Huaibei City 淮北市[Huai2 bei3 Shi4], Anhui |
| 疾风知劲草，烈火见真金 | jí fēng zhī jìn cǎo , liè huǒ jiàn zhēn jīn | lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom); fig… |
| 安德烈 | Ān dé liè | Andre (person name) |
| 强烈反对 | qiáng liè fǎn duì | to oppose strongly; violently opposed to |
| 黄花岗七十二烈士 | Huáng huā gāng qī shí èr liè shì | the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911 |
| 火烈鸟 | huǒ liè niǎo | flamingo |
| 虎烈拉 | hǔ liè lā | (loanword) cholera |
| 地震烈度 | dì zhèn liè dù | earthquake intensity (measure of its destructive power) |
| 张自烈 | Zhāng Zì liè | Zhang Zilie (1597-1673), Ming dynasty scholar, author of Zhengzitong 正字通[Zheng4 zi4 tong1] |
| 兴高彩烈 | xìng gāo cǎi liè | variant of 興高采烈|兴高采烈[xing4 gao1 cai3 lie4] |
| 烈山 | Liè shān | see 烈山區|烈山区[Lie4 shan1 Qu1] |
| 烈马 | liè mǎ | spirited or untamed horse |
| 烈性 | liè xìng | strong; intense; spirited; virulent |
| 无名烈士墓 | wú míng liè shì mù | tomb of the unknown soldier |
| 烈日 | Liè rì | Liege, town in Belgium |
| 烈日 | liè rì | scorching sun |
| 兴高采烈 | xìng gāo cǎi liè | happy and excited (idiom); in high spirits; in great delight |
| 拉那烈 | Lā nà liè | Prince Norodom Ranariddh (1944-), Cambodian politician and son of former King Sihanouk of … |
| 烈火 | liè huǒ | raging inferno; blaze |
| 革命烈士 | gé mìng liè shì | martyr of the revolution |