烈

烈	U+70C8, 烈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70C8

烈	U+F99F, 烈 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F99F

← 咽
[U+F99E]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

裂 →
[U+F9A0]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

烈 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一弓火 (MNF), four-corner 1233₀, composition ⿱列灬)

Derived characters edit

𠗹𢟏𤍅𦃾𧏲𨃻𦤭𦶣𤹐𩄰

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 669, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18987
Dae Jaweon: page 1078, character 21
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2201, character 12
Unihan data for U+70C8

Unihan data for U+F99F

Chinese edit

trad.		烈
simp. ^#		烈
alternative forms		煭𤉩烮𤋴

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 烈
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (列) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
例	*reds
鮤	reds, red
栵	reds, red
洌	reds, red
銐	r'eds, r̥ʰjeds
峛	*relʔ
列	*red
裂	*red
烈	*red
冽	*red
迾	*red
蛚	*red
茢	*red
颲	*red
鴷	*red
挒	*red
姴	*red

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *red) : phonetic 列 (OC *red) + semantic 灬 (“fire”).

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liè (lie⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lit⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): let⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lie̍t

(Meixian, Guangdong): liêd⁶
Northern Min (KCR): liĕ
Eastern Min (BUC): liĕk
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lia̍t / le̍t / liat

(Teochew, Peng'im): liêg⁸ / liag⁸
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁸liq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liè
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liè
  - Wade–Giles: lieh⁴
  - Yale: lyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lieh
  - Palladius: ле (le)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lit⁶
  - Yale: liht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lit⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lid⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːt̚²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: let⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /let̚³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lie̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: lied
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liad⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯et̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: liêd⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /liɛt̚⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: liĕ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liɛ²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: liĕk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ieʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Changtai, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍t
  - Tâi-lô: lia̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liat
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛt̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɛt̚⁴/
  - IPA (Nan'an): /liɛt̚²³/
  - IPA (Changtai): /liɛt̚³/
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /liɛt̚¹⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /liɛt̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Hui'an)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍t
  - Tâi-lô: le̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: let
  - IPA (Hui'an): /let̚²³/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liat
  - Tâi-lô: liat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liad
  - IPA (Longyan): /liɛt̚⁵/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liêg⁸ / liag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lie̍k / lia̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liek̚⁴/, /liak̚⁴/

Note:

liêg8 - Chaozhou;
liag8 - Shantou.

Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁸liq
  - MiniDict: lih^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵liq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɪʔ¹²/

Middle Chinese: ljet

Rime
Character	烈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	仙 (81)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	良辥切
Baxter	ljet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liat̚/
Li Rong	/liɛt̚/
Wang Li	/lĭɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lit⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]at/

(Zhengzhang): /*red/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	烈
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	liè
Middle Chinese	‹ ljet ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]at/
English	blazing; brilliant
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.