JLPT N3 · 6 strokes
Kanji 列: "file, row, rank"
The kanji 列 means "file, row, rank, tier, column". It is written with 6 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read レツ, レ in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
レツレ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | file, row, rank, tier, column |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 6 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 3 |
| Frequency rank | 927 of 2,501 |
Common words with 列
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 列row; line; file; column · group (of peers); ranks (of); company (of)
- 行列line; queue; procession; parade · matrix
- 列車train; railway train
- 一列(a) row; line
- 整列standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
- 隊列rank (of troops); file; column; formation
- 羅列enumeration; citation; listing
- 序列rank; ranking order; hierarchy
- 最前列front row
- 陳列exhibition; display; putting on show
- 同列same row; same line; same file · same rank; same level; same category; same treatment
- 参列attendance; participation; presence
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