Hanja Analyzer
冽

冽 — ryeol

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
찰 렬
Romanization
ryeol
English
cold and raw; pure, clear
Mandarin
liè
Japanese on'yomi
レツ, レイ, レチ
Japanese kun'yomi
きよ.い
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
8
Variant forms
洌
Radical
冫 (15, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
列(렬)
Unicode
U+51BD

Parts that make up 冽

  • 冫 얼음 빙variant of 氷 얼음의 결얼음과 차가움. 왼쪽에서 冫 로 쓴다
  • 列 벌릴 렬sound 뼈를 칼로 갈라 놓은 모양벌여 놓는 일. ‘렬·례’ 계열의 소리

How 冽 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 冽 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 仌, 列.

Korean example words with 冽

  • 열천冽泉 Korean gloss: 차고 맑은 샘
  • 늠렬하다凜冽 Korean gloss: 추위가 살을 엘 듯이 심하다
  • 청렬淸冽 Korean gloss: ‘청렬하다’의 어근.
  • 늠렬히凜冽히 Korean gloss: 추위가 살을 엘 듯이 심하게.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 冽

  • 凛冽りんれつ biting (cold); severe; intense
  • 冽々れつれつ extremely cold
  • 清冽せいれつ cool and clear

Characters sharing the phonetic 列

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “렬” in Korean.

例 咧 栵 洌 烈 裂

Other hanja read “렬”

列 劣 咧 哷 挒 捩 栵 洌 烈 裂 颲

Other hanja with radical 冫

冫 冬 冰 冱 冲 决 冴 况 冶 冷 冸 冹 冾 凁 凄 凅 准 凇 凈 凉 凊 凋 凌 凍 减 凑 凒 凓 凔 凖 凗 凘 凚 凛 凜 凝 凞

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