liè
fiery, intense
Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 列 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
liè
fiery, violent, vehement, ardent; ardent; intense; fierce; stern; upright; to give one's life for a noble cause; exploits; achievements
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[r]at | ljet | liè | blazing; brilliant |
Statistics
HSK level 3
Appears in 28.7522% of movies
1275th most common character in movies
802nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+70C8 |
Shuowen | “烈，火猛也。从火，聲。” |
Sources
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