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烈 - liè

fiery, violent, vehement, ardent

fiery, violent, vehement, ardent

How to read 烈

Click 烈 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinliè
Englishfiery, violent, vehement, ardent
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

烈士 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 烈女. Please read 烈属 one more time.

Common words with this character

martyr
a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death
family or dependents of martyr
see 烈山區|烈山区[Lie4 shan1 Qu1]

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 烈 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 烈士 and 烈女 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 烈.