烈

烈	U+70C8, 烈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70C8

← 烇
[U+70C7]

CJK Unified Ideographs

烉 →
[U+70C9]

烈	U+F99F, 烈 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F99F

← 咽
[U+F99E]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

裂 →
[U+F9A0]

Translingual

Han character

烈 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一弓火 (MNF), four-corner 1233₀, composition ⿱列灬)

Derived characters

𠗹𢟏𤍅𦃾𧏲𨃻𦤭𦶣𤹐𩄰

References

KangXi: page 669, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18987
Dae Jaweon: page 1078, character 21
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2201, character 12
Unihan data for U+70C8
Unihan data for U+F99F

Chinese

trad.		烈
simp. ^#		烈
alternative forms		煭𤉩烮𤋴

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 烈
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *red) : phonetic 列 (OC *red) + semantic 灬 (“fire”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liè (lie⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): lit⁶
(Taishan, Wiktionary): let⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lie̍t
(Meixian, Guangdong): liêd⁶
Min Bei (KCR): liĕ
Min Dong (BUC): liĕk
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): lia̍t / le̍t / liat
(Teochew, Peng'im): liêg⁸ / liag⁸
Wu (Wiktionary): liq (T5)

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/
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/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lie̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: lied
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liad⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯et̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: liêd⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /liɛt̚⁵/
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: liêg⁸ / liag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lie̍k / lia̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liek̚⁴/, /liak̚⁴/

Note:

liêg8 - Chaozhou;
liag8 - Shantou.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: liq (T5)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɪʔ¹²/

Middle Chinese: /liᴇt̚/

Rime
Character	烈
Reading #	1/1
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]at/
(Zhengzhang): /*red/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	烈
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	liè
Middle Chinese	‹ ljet ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]at/
English	blazing; brilliant
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	烈
Reading #	1/1
No.	8130
Phonetic component	列
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*red/

Definitions

烈

fiery; violent; blazing
(literary)bright; brilliant
(literary) to burn
vehement; ardent; extreme
staunch; upright; strong
(honorific) person who dies for a special cause; martyr
(literary)merits; exploits; achievements
a surname

Compounds

Derived terms from 烈

丕烈
休烈
先烈 (xiānliè)
光烈
前烈
功烈 (gōngliè)
勇烈 (yǒngliè)
家烈
弘烈
徽烈
忠烈 (zhōngliè)
忠臣烈士
性如烈火
愈演愈烈 (yùyǎnyùliè)
慷慨激烈
昂昂烈烈
暴烈 (bàoliè)
栗烈
毒烈
洪烈
激烈 (jīliè)
烈丈夫
烈味
烈士 (lièshì)
烈士徇名
烈女 (liènǚ)
烈度 (lièdù)
烈性
烈文
烈日 (lièrì)
烈暑
烈火 (lièhuǒ)
烈火真金

烈烈
烈焰 (lièyàn)
烈祖
烈酒 (lièjiǔ)
猛烈 (měngliè)
真金烈火
羽蹈烈火
膂烈
芬烈
芳烈
英烈 (yīngliè)
英烈千秋
酷烈 (kùliè)
革命先烈
郁烈
一門忠烈／一门忠烈
三貞九烈／三贞九烈
九烈三貞／九烈三贞
乾柴烈火／干柴烈火
剛烈／刚烈 (gāngliè)
劇烈／剧烈 (jùliè)
勃極烈／勃极烈
壯烈／壮烈 (zhuàngliè)
壯烈成仁／壮烈成仁
崔烈銅臭／崔烈铜臭
強烈／强烈 (qiángliè)
忠孝節烈／忠孝节烈
慘烈／惨烈 (cǎnliè)
決烈／决烈
流風遺烈／流风遗烈
濃烈／浓烈 (nóngliè)
烈婦／烈妇
烈嶼／烈屿 (Lièyǔ)

烈日當空／烈日当空 (lièrìdāngkōng)
烈火乾柴／烈火干柴
烈火轟雷／烈火轰雷
烈烈轟轟／烈烈轰轰
烈焰騰空／烈焰腾空
烈燄／烈焰
烈紙／烈纸
烈紙錢／烈纸钱
烈貨／烈货
烈陽／烈阳
烈風／烈风 (lièfēng)
熱烈／热烈 (rèliè)
熾烈／炽烈 (chìliè)
狂風烈日／狂风烈日
節烈／节烈 (jiéliè)
興高采烈／兴高采烈 (xìnggāocǎiliè)
英風偉烈／英风伟烈
豐功懋烈／丰功懋烈
豐功盛烈／丰功盛烈
貞夫烈婦／贞夫烈妇
貞烈／贞烈
貪殘酷烈／贪残酷烈
轟烈／轰烈
轟轟烈烈／轰轰烈烈 (hōnghōnglièliè)
遺孽餘烈／遗孽余烈
遺烈／遗烈 (yíliè)
遺芳餘烈／遗芳余烈
遺風餘烈／遗风余烈
風烈／风烈
餘業遺烈／余业遗烈
餘烈／余烈
鴻烈／鸿烈

Japanese

Kanji

烈

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

intense

Readings

Go-on: れち (rechi)
Kan-on: れつ (retsu, Jōyō)
Kun: はげしい (hageshii, 烈しい)
Nanori: やす (yasu)

Korean

Hanja

烈 (eumhun 세찰 렬 (sechal ryeol), South Korea 세찰 열 (sechal yeol))

Hanja form^? of 렬/열 (“fiery, violent, vehement, ardent”).

Vietnamese

Han character

烈: Hán Nôm readings: liệt, lét, lẹt, lết, lướt, rét, rẹt, riệt

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