烈 (lit6 | lie4) : intense; staunch; martyr; achievements

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烈

lit6

lie4

[1] intense; fierce; strong; acute
[2] staunch; upright; stern; unyielding
[3] martyr; person who dies for a just course
[4] achievements; exploits; merits

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 火 (#86)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

烈

This word has been viewed 9029 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Sep 2010 10:37

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強烈 koeng4 lit6 qiang2 lie4 = strong, intense

熱烈 jit6 lit6 re4 lie4 = warm; enthusiastic

壯烈 zong3 lit6 zhuang4 lie4 = brave and honourable

興高采烈 hing3 gou1 coi2 lit6 xing4 gao1 cai3 lie4 = (idiom) in high spirits; delighted; excited

劇烈 kek6 lit6 ju4 lie4 = violent; fierce; severe; acute

激烈 gik1 lit6 ji1 lie4 = intense; fierce; acute

猛烈 maang5 lit6 meng3 lie4 = fierce, violent (criticism, etc.)

烈士 lit6 si6 = martyr

劇烈運動 kek6 lit6 wan6 dung6 ju4 lie4 yun4 dong4 = violent motion

狂烈 kong4 lit6 kuang2 lie4 = turbulence, a state of violent agitation
See all 32 compounds (CantoDict reports 34 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 烈
Unicode code for this character: U+70c8 (off-site link)

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