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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 烈

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
烈 liè - ardent
- intense
- fierce
- stern
- upright
- to give one's life for a noble cause
- exploits
- achievements

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 11,005 9,665 8,843

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 列 灬

Radical:

灬

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

列

Semantic:

灬

Hint:

Fire

Other Words Containing 烈

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
强烈 5 3 2,809 1,618 1,676
激烈 5 4 3,776 2,401 6,074
热烈 5 3 4,940 3,110 5,754
烈火 - - 10,660 16,301 22,252
烈 - - 11,005 9,665 8,843
猛烈 6 8 11,099 8,160 8,856
烈酒 - - 11,526 40,142 24,427
剧烈 6 8 12,016 7,568 11,926
烈士 - 8 14,316 9,509 14,388
安德烈 - - 17,189 36,878 49,303
烈焰 - - 17,402 26,424 23,257
火烈鸟 - - 18,281 72,968 44,880
兴高采烈 6 9 20,312 22,126 23,178
惨烈 - - 20,460 16,237 12,764
愈演愈烈 - 9 22,312 16,948 24,310
轰轰烈烈 - - 23,694 12,288 8,038
烈性 - - 23,743 38,260 42,755
烈日 - - 24,165 18,052 26,906
壮烈 6 - 25,249 27,348 24,067
浓烈 - - 33,024 16,852 13,183
英烈 - - 35,765 40,852 58,782
忽必烈 - - 38,416 38,219 64,564
贞烈 - - 39,457 - 93,644
暴烈 - - 41,597 59,744 63,353
炽烈 - - 45,116 45,681 30,273
先烈 - - 59,319 26,915 37,509
耶烈万 - - 68,713 - -
刚烈 - - 75,679 38,785 22,839
烈女 - - 76,489 69,609 44,343
忠烈 - - 84,799 61,041 56,694