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列

file
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingレツ、レ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. fileRtK
  2. row
    彼は必ず前列に席を取った。He always took a seat in the front row.tatoeba
  3. rank
  4. tier
  5. column
  1. line
  2. queue

Popular Usage

行列

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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bones (骨) · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · evening · sword (刀) · sabre (刀) · saber (刀)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 875

Compound words

行列ぎょうれつ
line; queue; procession; parade; matrix
系列けいれつ
series; sequence; system; succession; keiretsu (group)
後列こうれつ
back row; rear rank
参列さんれつ
attendance; participation; presence
序列じょれつ
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
整列せいれつ
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
戦列せんれつ
line of battle
葬列そうれつ
funeral procession
直列ちょくれつ
series (e.g. electrical); serial
陳列ちんれつ
exhibition; display; putting on show
同列どうれつ
same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level
配列はいれつ
arranging; ordering; sequencing; lining up; laying out
並列へいれつ
arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)
羅列られつ
enumeration; citation; listing
列挙れっきょ
enumeration; list
列国れっこく
nations; states
列車れっしゃ
train; railway train
列島れっとう
archipelago; chain of islands
最前列さいぜんれつ
front row
長蛇の列ちょうだのれつ
long line; long queue
年功序列ねんこうじょれつ
seniority by length of service
千島列島ちしまれっとう
Kurile Islands
１列いちれつ
(a) row
一列いちれつ
(a) row

Additional Examples

彼は不注意にも列車を間違えた。
He was so careless as to take the wrong train.tatoeba
彼は彼女の手荷物を列車へ運んだ。
He carried her luggage to the train.tatoeba
レール温度が上昇した影響で、列車は３０分遅れで到着した。
The train arrived 30 minutes late due to a rise in the temperature of the rails.tatoeba

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 列

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