列

列	U+5217, 列 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5217

← 刖
[U+5216]

CJK Unified Ideographs

刘 →
[U+5218]

列	U+F99C, 列 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F99C

← 鍊
[U+F99B]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

劣 →
[U+F99D]

Translingual

Han character

列 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一弓中弓 (MNLN), four-corner 1220₀, composition ⿰歹刂)

Derived characters

例冽咧峢㤡挒洌迾栵𥆁䅀𦀎蛚趔𨀺𨦙颲䮋
𠞺劽姴㡂㤠烮烈㽝裂銐鴷(䴕) 鮤䶛峛茢㾐𠶘𩂶

References

KangXi: page 137, character 26
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1901
Dae Jaweon: page 309, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 325, character 5
Unihan data for U+5217
Unihan data for U+F99C

Chinese

trad.		列
simp. ^#		列
alternative forms		𠛱𠜊

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 列
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (列) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
例	*reds
鮤	reds, red
栵	reds, red
洌	reds, red
銐	r'eds, r̥ʰjeds
峛	*relʔ
列	*red
裂	*red
烈	*red
冽	*red
迾	*red
蛚	*red
茢	*red
颲	*red
鴷	*red
挒	*red
姴	*red

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 歹 (“skeletal remains”) + 刀 (“knife”) – to tear apart.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): liè (lie⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ
(Chengdu, SP): nie²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): lit⁶
(Taishan, Wiktionary): let⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): liet⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lie̍t
(Meixian, Guangdong): liad⁶
Jin (Wiktionary): lieh⁴
Min Bei (KCR): liĕ
Min Dong (BUC): liĕk
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): lia̍t / le̍t / liat
(Teochew, Peng'im): liag⁸ / liêg⁸
Wu (Wiktionary): liq (T5)
Xiang (Wiktionary): lie⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liè
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liè
  - Wade–Giles: lieh⁴
  - Yale: lyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lieh
  - Palladius: ле (le)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljɛ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nie²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lie
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niɛ²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lit⁶
  - Yale: liht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lit⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lid⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːt̚²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: let⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /let̚³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: liet⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liɛt̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lie̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: lied
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liad⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯et̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: liad⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /liat̚⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: lieh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /liəʔ²/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: liĕ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liɛ²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: liĕk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ieʔ⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Changtai, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍t
  - Tâi-lô: lia̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liat
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛt̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɛt̚⁴/
  - IPA (Nan'an): /liɛt̚²³/
  - IPA (Changtai): /liɛt̚³/
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /liɛt̚¹⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /liɛt̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Hui'an)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍t
  - Tâi-lô: le̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: let
  - IPA (Hui'an): /let̚²³/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liat
  - Tâi-lô: liat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liad
  - IPA (Longyan): /liɛt̚⁵/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liag⁸ / liêg⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lia̍k / lie̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liak̚⁴/, /liek̚⁴/

Note:

liag8 - Shantou;
liêg8 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: liq (T5)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɪʔ¹²/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: lie⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lie̞²⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 列
Mandarin	Beijing	/liɛ⁵¹/
	Harbin	/liɛ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/lie⁵³/
	Jinan	/liə²¹/
	Qingdao	/liə⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/liɛ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/liɛ²¹/
	Xining	/lɨ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/lie¹³/
	Lanzhou	/liə¹³/
	Ürümqi	/liɤ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/nie²¹³/
	Chengdu	/nie³¹/
	Guiyang	/nie²¹/
	Kunming	/liɛ³¹/
	Nanjing	/lieʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/liɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/liəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/liʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/liaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/liɪʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/liəʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/liəʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/li²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/le²²/
Hui	Tunxi	/liɛ¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/lie²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/nie²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/liɛʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/liet̚⁵/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/liet̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/lit̚²/
	Nanning	/lit̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/lit̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/liat̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/lieʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/liɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/liak̚⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/lit̚³/

Middle Chinese: /liᴇt̚/

Rime
Character	列
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	仙 (81)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	良辥切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liat̚/
Li Rong	/liɛt̚/
Wang Li	/lĭɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lit⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[r][e]t/
(Zhengzhang): /*red/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	列
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	liè
Middle Chinese	‹ ljet ›
Old Chinese	/*[r][e]t/
English	tear apart; rank
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	列
Reading #	1/1
No.	8128
Phonetic component	列
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*red/

Definitions

列

^† to tear apart; to break up; to separate; to split
See also: 裂
a line of objects
to list
(Mainland China) column (in data tables)
Synonym: 行 (háng) (Taiwan)
(Taiwan) row (in data tables)
Synonym: 行 (háng) (Mainland China)
a surname
(Mainland China) Short for 列寧／列宁 (Lièníng, “Lenin”).

Compounds

Derived terms from 列

一系列 (yīxìliè)
上列 (shàngliè)
下列 (xiàliè)
不列塔尼
以色列 (Yǐsèliè)
入列 (rùliè)
出列
分列 (fēnliè)
分列式 (fēnlièshì)
列仙
列位 (lièwèi)
列侯 (lièhóu)
列入 (lièrù)
列列
列印 (lièyìn)
列名
列土 (liètǔ)
列土分疆
列土分茅
列土封疆
列坐 (lièzuò)
列士
列女
列子 (Lièzǐ)
列宿
列布
列席 (lièxí)
列日 (Lièrì)
列星 (lièxīng)
列眉
列祖列宗 (lièzǔlièzōng)
列管
列缺 (lièquē)
列翅
列肆
列表 (lièbiǎo)
列述 (lièshù)
列鼎
列鼎而食
列鼎重裀

前列 (qiánliè)
前列腺 (qiánlièxiàn)
右列
同列 (tóngliè)
名列前茅 (mínglièqiánmáo)
名列榜首
增列
左列
布列 (bùliè)
平列 (píngliè)
序列 (xùliè)
排列 (páiliè)
泛音列 (fànyīnliè)
漏列
班列
系列 (xìliè)
系列片 (xìlièpiàn)
菲列牛排
虎列拉 (hǔlièlā)
行列 (hángliè)
行列式 (hánglièshì)
部列
重裀列鼎
並列／并列 (bìngliè)
以色列國／以色列国 (Yǐsèlièguó)
列傳／列传 (lièzhuàn)
列冊／列册
列印機／列印机 (lièyìnjī)
列國／列国 (lièguó)
列女傳／列女传
列寧主義／列宁主义 (Lièníng zhǔyì)
列寧格勒／列宁格勒 (Liènínggélè)
列島／列岛 (lièdǎo)
列強／列强 (lièqiáng)
列當／列当
列聖／列圣 (lièshèng)
列舉／列举 (lièjǔ)
列表機／列表机
列觀／列观
列車／列车 (lièchē)

列車員／列车员
列車長／列车长
列陣／列阵 (lièzhèn)
列隊／列队 (lièduì)
大不列顛／大不列颠 (Dàbùlièdiān)
對列／对列
對號列車／对号列车
嵊泗列島／嵊泗列岛
并列關係／并列关系
忝列門牆／忝列门墙
戶列簪纓／户列簪缨
排列組合／排列组合
擺列／摆列 (bǎiliè)
數列／数列 (shùliè)
新不列顛／新不列颠
星光列車／星光列车
條列／条列
橫列／横列
混合齒列／混合齿列
環列／环列
編列／编列 (biānliè)
羅列／罗列 (luóliè)
臚列／胪列 (lúliè)
行兵列陣／行兵列阵
論列／论列
論列是非／论列是非
銓列／铨列
鋪錦列繡／铺锦列绣
開列／开列 (kāiliè)
降冪排列／降幂排列
陳列／陈列 (chénliè)
陳列所／陈列所 (chénlièsuǒ)
陳力就列／陈力就列
隊伍行列／队伍行列
隊列／队列 (duìliè)
馬列主義／马列主义 (Mǎlièzhǔyì)
鳴鐘列鼎／鸣钟列鼎
鶴列／鹤列
齒列／齿列

Japanese

Kanji

列

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: れち (rechi)
Kan-on: れつ (retsu, Jōyō)
Kun: ならぶ (narabu, 列ぶ); ならべる (naraberu, 列る); つらねる (tsuraneru, 列ねる); つらなる (tsuranaru, 列なる)

Compounds

行(ぎょう)列(れつ) (gyōretsu): matrix; line; queue; procession
配(はい)列(れつ) (hairetsu): arrangement; array; sequence
系(けい)列(れつ) (keiretsu): series; Japanese conglomerate
列(れっ)車(しゃ) (ressha): (rail transport) train
貨(か)物(もつ)列(れっ)車(しゃ) (kamotsu-ressha): freight train
列(れっ)島(とう) (rettō): archipelago
千(ち)島(しま)列(れっ)島(とう) (Chishima-rettō): Kuril Islands

Kanji in this term
列
れつ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 列 (ljet).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on

(Tokyo) れつ [réꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ɾe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

列(れつ) • (retsu)

line, row
(mathematics) a column of a matrix

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

列 (eumhun 줄 렬 (jul ryeol), South Korea 줄 열 (jul yeol))

Hanja form^? of 렬/열 (“line, row”).

Compounds

열차 (列車, yeolcha, “train”)
열강 (列强/列強, yeolgang, “great power (powerful state)”)

Vietnamese

Han character

列: Hán Việt readings: liệt[1][2][3]
列: Nôm readings: rét[1][2], sét[1][2], lít[3][4], lướt[3][4], rịt[3][4], liếc[1], liệt[1], lét[1], lượt[1], rật[1], rết[1], rớt[1], rụt[1], sít[1], sắt[1], sệt[1], lệch[3], loẹt[3], riệt[3], rít[3], rệt[3], lịt[4]

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References

Nguyễn (2014).
Nguyễn et al. (2009).
Trần (2004).
Hồ (1976).

[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[tdcndg-3] Nguyễn (2014).

[tdcntd-4] Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-5] Trần (2004).

[btcn-6] Hồ (1976).