烈 Violent

Radical Combination

• 歹

  Yakuza
• 刂

  Knife
• 灬

  Boil

Meaning

Primary

Violent

Alternative

Intense

Mnemonic

When a yakuza's knife boils, you know something very violent and intense is about to happen.

Hints

The yakuza member is so upset his knife boils. Right after, they will definitely get violent and intense.

Readings

On’yomi

れつ

Kun’yomi

はげ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

When someone gets violent or intense, they always yell "Let's (れつ) get violent and intense!"

Hints

In the case of our mnemonic, it's a yakuza member getting violent. So, imagine a yakuza member saying "Ret's get violent!" before doing just that.