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冽

liè

Character

What 冽 means

1. cold and raw

Words containing 冽

• 凛冽lǐn lièbiting cold
• 冷冽lěng lièchilly
• 朔风凛冽shuò fēng lǐn lièThe north wind is icy cold.

Characters built on 列

These share the phonetic component 列 (liè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 烈lièardent; intense; fierce
• 裂lièto split; to crack; to break open
• 咧liēused in 咧咧; used in 大大咧咧; used in 骂骂咧咧
• 趔lièused in 趔趄
• 洌lièpure; to cleanse

Characters that look like 冽

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 判pàn(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) clearly (different)…
• 浏liúclear; deep (of water); swift
• 剂jì(bound form) a compound made by mixing ingredients…
• 削xuēto pare; to reduce; to remove
• 剃tìto shave
• 荆jīngchaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus); (literary) cane or switch made from a…

Sounds the same

Read liè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 列to arrange; to line up; file
• 烈ardent; intense; fierce
• 劣inferior
• 裂to split; to crack; to break open
• 猎hunting
• 洌pure; to cleanse
• 鬣bristles; mane
• 劦unending exertion
• 捩tear; twist
• 趔used in 趔趄
• 埒(literary) equal; enclosure; dike
• 躐step across