冽

cold

8 strokes.

Readings

• レツ (on reading): 清冽 (せいれつ) cool and clear; 凛冽 (りんれつ) biting (cold)
• レイ (on reading)
• きよい (kun reading)

Components

• 冫
• 列
• 冫 radical ice
• ⺉ radical knife, right-side form of 刀
• 歹 radical death; bare bone

Words using 冽

• 清冽 (せいれつ) cool and clear
• 凛冽 (りんれつ) biting (cold)
• 冽々 (れつれつ) extremely cold

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