# 烈

| 烈 | U+70C8, &#28872; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70C8 |
| ← 烇 [U+70C7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 烉 → [U+70C9] |
| 烈 | U+F99F, &#63903; 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 1233$_0$, composition ⿱列灬)

#### Derived characters

* 𠗹 𢟏 𤍅 𦃾 𧏲 𨃻 𦤭 𦶣 𤹐 𩄰

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: 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
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 烈 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): liè (lie$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ле (li͡ə, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lit$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): let$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lie̍t
    (Meixian, Guangdong): liêd$^6$
* Northern Min (KCR): liĕ
* Eastern Min (BUC): liĕk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍t / le̍t / liat
    (Teochew, Peng'im): liêg$^8$ / liag$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$liq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liè
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liè
*** Wade–Giles: lieh$^4$
*** Yale: lyè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lieh
*** Palladius: ле (le)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɛ⁵¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ле (li͡ə, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /liə²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lit$^6$
*** Yale: liht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lit$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːt̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: let$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /let̚³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lie̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: lied
*** Hagfa Pinyim: liad$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /li̯et̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: liêd$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /liɛt̚⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: liĕ
*** Sinological IPA : /liɛ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: liĕk
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃ieʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (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: liêg$^8$ / liag$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lie̍k / lia̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /liek̚⁴/, /liak̚⁴/
* liêg8 - Chaozhou;
* liag8 - Shantou.
* Middle Chinese: ljet
Rime :
| Character | 烈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 薛 (81) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 良辥切 |
| Baxter | ljet |
| 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 | lit$^6$ |
* 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
* (literary or Hokkien) fiery; blazing
    烈火 ― lièhuǒ ― raging fire
       Tiáⁿ hé chin lia̍t. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       The fire on the wok was blazing.
* (literary or Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) intense; fierce
       Phah-chiàn phah kah chin lia̍t. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       The battle was fought very intensely.
* (literary) bright; brilliant
* (literary) to burn
* (literary) vehement; ardent; extreme
* (literary) staunch; upright; strong
* (honorific) person who dies for a special cause; martyr
* (literary) merits; exploits; achievements
* a surname

### Compounds

* 一門忠烈／一门忠烈
* 三貞九烈／三贞九烈
* 丕烈
* 九烈三貞／九烈三贞
* 乾柴烈火／干柴烈火
* 休烈
* 光烈
* 先烈 (xiānliè)
* 前烈
* 剛烈／刚烈 (gāngliè)
* 劇烈／剧烈 (jùliè)
* 功烈 (gōngliè)
* 勃極烈／勃极烈
* 勇烈 (yǒngliè)
* 壯烈／壮烈 (zhuàngliè)
* 壯烈成仁／壮烈成仁
* 家烈
* 崔烈銅臭／崔烈铜臭
* 弘烈
* 強烈／强烈 (qiángliè)
* 徽烈
* 忠孝節烈／忠孝节烈
* 忠烈 (zhōngliè)
* 忠臣烈士
* 性如烈火
* 愈演愈烈 (yùyǎnyùliè)
* 慷慨激烈
* 慘烈／惨烈 (cǎnliè)
* 昂昂烈烈
* 暴烈 (bàoliè)
* 栗烈
* 毒烈
* 決烈／决烈
* 洪烈
* 流風遺烈／流风遗烈
* 濃烈／浓烈 (nóngliè)
* 激烈 (jīliè)
* 烈丈夫
* 烈味
* 烈士 (lièshì)
* 烈士徇名
* 烈女 (liènǚ)
* 烈婦／烈妇
* 烈嶼／烈屿 (Lièyǔ)
* 烈度 (lièdù)
* 烈性
* 烈文
* 烈日 (lièrì)
* 烈日當空／烈日当空 (lièrìdāngkōng)
* 烈暑
* 烈火 (lièhuǒ)
* 烈火乾柴／烈火干柴
* 烈火真金
* 烈火轟雷／烈火轰雷
* 烈烈
* 烈烈轟轟／烈烈轰轰
* 烈焰 (lièyàn)
* 烈焰騰空／烈焰腾空
* 烈燄／烈焰 (lièyàn)
* 烈祖
* 烈紙／烈纸
* 烈紙錢／烈纸钱
* 烈貨／烈货
* 烈酒 (lièjiǔ)
* 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
* 猛烈 (měngliè)
* 真金烈火
* 節烈／节烈 (jiéliè)
* 羽蹈烈火
* 膂烈
* 興高采烈 (xìnggāocǎiliè)
* 芳烈
* 芬烈
* 英烈 (yīngliè)
* 英烈千秋
* 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
* 郁烈
* 酷烈 (kùliè)
* 革命先烈
* 風烈／风烈
* 餘業遺烈／余业遗烈
* 餘烈／余烈
* 鴻烈／鸿烈

## Japanese
### Kanji

(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)

#### Proper noun

烈(れつ) • (Retsu)
* (rare) a unisex given name

## Korean
### Hanja

烈 (eumhun 세찰 렬 (sechal ryeol), word-initial (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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