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Kanji Detail for 列 - "row, line, rank"

列

  • Meaning

    列 means "row, line, rank."

    1. Row - A line of things or people.

    2. Line - An arrangement in sequence.

    3. Rank - A position in a series.

  • Words using 列

    • 列車 れっしゃ Listen train; railway train
    • 系列 けいれつ Listen series; sequence; system
    • 列島 れっとう Listen archipelago; chain of islands
    • 行列 ぎょうれつ Listen line; queue; procession
    • 列挙 れっきょ Listen enumeration; list
    • 序列 じょれつ Listen rank; ranking order; hierarchy
    • 参列 さんれつ Listen attendance; participation; presence
    • 戦列 せんれつ Listen line of battle

  • Four-character idioms with 列

    • 年功序列 ねんこうじょれつ Listen seniority by length of service

  • Tattoo check: 列

    • Verified meaning: row, line, rank
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ならぶ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 列

    Given names 列(ならぶ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    file; row; rank; tier; column

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    a line; to arrange in order, classify

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to arrange; to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    a line; to arrange, to classify

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Row; line. When arranging multiple items in order, vertical ones are called 行 (rows), horizontal ones are called 列 (columns). | Multiple items are called 列. Such as 列國 (various states), 列位 (various gentlemen). Train cars are called 列車. | To display. A place for displaying items is called 陳列所 (exhibition hall).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    re(レ) レ

    retsu(レツ) レツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    刀 刂 (katana・ritto)

  • Related Keywords

    row line rank arrange connect order queue column alignment array file formation procession sequence series tier train

Sentences including 列

  • The train is twenty minutes behind time.

  • His train arrives at five this evening.

  • Will the train leave on time?

  • The train has already left.

  • I went as far as kyoto by train.

  • We have a little time before the next train.

  • He may have missed the train.

  • Hurry up , and you will be able to catch the train.

  • He came by car instead of by train.

  • His train arrived at tokyo station.

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