Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
ardent, violent, vehement, furious, severe, extreme
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1397 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 烈日 【レツジツ】 blazing sun, scorching sun, hot day
  • 烈女 【レツジョ】 heroine
  • 痛烈 【ツウレツ】 severe, bitter, scathing
  • 壮烈 【ソウレツ】 heroic, brave

Kun reading compounds

  • 激しい 【はげしい】 violent, furious, tempestuous, extreme, intense, fierce, strong, fervent, vehement, incessant, relentless, precipitous, steep

Readings

Japanese names:
やす
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lie4
Korean:
ryeol

Spanish

  • bravo
  • violento
  • furioso
  • cruel

Portuguese

  • severo
  • furioso
  • veemente
  • violento
  • ardente
  • extremo

French

  • ardent
  • véhément
  • furieux
  • violent
  • sévère
  • extrême
1929 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1382 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2761 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1199 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1515 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1211 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1331 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1414 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1708 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1276 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3286 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1698 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2308 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
822 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18987 Morohashi
2652 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3420 New Nelson (John Haig)
814 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
877 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1363 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3140 2001 Kanji
4d6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
1233.0 Four corner code
1-46-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
70c8 Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
rain
Parts:
quake, shake, tremble, quiver, shiver
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
893 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 震 【シン】 zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
  • 震源 【シンゲン】 hypocentre (of an earthquake), hypocenter, focus
  • 微震 【ビシン】 slight earthquake
  • 軽震 【ケイシン】 weak earthquake

Kun reading compounds

  • 震う 【ふるう】 to shake, to tremble, to vibrate
  • 震える 【ふるえる】 to shiver, to shake, to quake, to tremble, to quaver, to quiver
  • 震わせる 【ふるわせる】 to (make something) quiver, to shake, to tremble, to vibrate
  • 震わす 【ふるわす】 to (make something) quiver, to shake, to tremble, to vibrate

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhen4
Korean:
jin

Spanish

  • temblar
  • estremecerse
  • agitar
  • sacudir

Portuguese

  • tremor
  • agitar
  • tremer
  • estremecimento
  • calafrio

French

  • tremblement
  • secouer
  • frémir
  • frissonner
1444 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
800 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5055 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1123 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
999 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2577 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
953 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
983 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
847 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1866 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3481 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1794 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2443 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2029 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42300 Morohashi
2806 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6531 New Nelson (John Haig)
2010 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2166 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1814 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3165 2001 Kanji
8d7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-7 SKIP code
1023.2 Four corner code
1-31-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9707 Unicode hex code