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  1. Ardent / Fierce

  2. Extreme Faithfulness

  3. Fierce

  4. Intensity

  5. Strong-Minded Woman

  6. Andre

  7. Andrean

  8. Andrei

  9. Andrey

10. Andreane

11. Andres

12. Andreas


Ardent / Fierce

 liè
 retsu
Ardent / Fierce Scroll

烈 is a Chinese word that means ardent; intense; fierce; stern; upright; to give one's life for a noble cause.

In another context, this character can refer to one's exploits or achievements.

In the Buddhist context, this is burning, fierce, virtuous, and/or heroic.

While technically, it had the same meaning in Japanese, it's usually a female given name, Retsu in Japanese these days.

Extreme Faithfulness

 tei retsu
Extreme Faithfulness Scroll

貞烈 is the Japanese Kanji for “Extreme Faithfulness.”

The first Kanji means “firm adherence to one's principles,” chastity (of a woman), chaste, etc.

The second Kanji means ardent, intense, fierce, stern, upright, to give one's life for a noble cause, exploits, achievements, virtuous, and in some contexts, heroic.

Now you get the idea why this refers to someone who is extremely faithful (to a cause, themselves, their religious beliefs, or their philosophy.

 jī liè
 geki retsu
Fierce Scroll

激烈 means fierce in Chinese and has a similar meaning in Japanese Kanji.

This can also be translated as intense, violent, vehement, furious, or fervent. 激烈 is more the violent version of fierce in Korean.

 qiáng liè
 kyouretsu
Intensity Scroll

強烈 means intensity in regard to strength.

Note: In some contexts, this can mean violently strong or severe.

Strong-Minded Woman

 reppu
Strong-Minded Woman Scroll

烈婦 is a Japanese title for a strong-minded woman, virtuous woman, or heroin.

In some contexts, it can refer to a pure or chaste woman.

 ān dé liè
Andre Scroll

安德烈 is the name Andre in Chinese (Mandarin).

 ān dé liè
Andrean Scroll

安德烈 is the name Andrean in Chinese (Mandarin).

 ān dé liè
Andrei Scroll

安德烈 is the name Andrei in Chinese (Mandarin).

 ān dé liè
Andrey Scroll

安德烈 is the name Andrey in Chinese (Mandarin).

 ān dé liè ān
Andreane Scroll

安德烈安 is the name Andreane in Chinese (Mandarin).

 ān dé liè sī
Andres Scroll

安德烈斯 is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the Latin / Spanish name Andrés.

 ān dé liè yà sī
Andreas Scroll

安德烈亞斯 is the second most common transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Andreas.


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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

see styles
liè
    lie4
lieh
 retsu
    れつ

More info & calligraphy:

Ardent / Fierce
ardent; intense; fierce; stern; upright; to give one's life for a noble cause; exploits; achievements
(female given name) Retsu
Burning, fierce; virtuous, heroic.

強烈


强烈

see styles
qiáng liè
    qiang2 lie4
ch`iang lieh
    chiang lieh
 kyouretsu / kyoretsu
    きょうれつ

More info & calligraphy:

Intensity
strong; intense
(noun or adjectival noun) strong; intense; severe

激烈

see styles
jī liè
    ji1 lie4
chi lieh
 gekiretsu
    げきれつ

More info & calligraphy:

Fierce
(of competition or fighting) intense; fierce; (of pain) acute; (of an expression of opinion) impassioned; vehement; (of a course of action) drastic; extreme
(noun or adjectival noun) violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity; fierceness; keenness

烈婦

see styles
 reppu
    れっぷ

More info & calligraphy:

Strong-Minded Woman
chaste, strong-minded woman; virtuous woman; heroine

貞烈


贞烈

see styles
zhēn liè
    zhen1 lie4
chen lieh
 teiretsu / teretsu
    ていれつ

More info & calligraphy:

Extreme Faithfulness
ready to die to preserve one's chastity
(noun or adjectival noun) extreme faithfulness

安德烈

see styles
ān dé liè
    an1 de2 lie4
an te lieh

More info & calligraphy:

Andrean
Andre (person name)

し烈

see styles
 shiretsu
    しれつ
    shikiretsu
    しきれつ
(ik) (adjectival noun) (1) fierce; violent; severe; (2) ferocity; violence; severity

一烈

see styles
 itsutake
    いつたけ
(personal name) Itsutake

丕烈

see styles
 hiretsu
    ひれつ
(given name) Hiretsu

余烈

see styles
 yoretsu
    よれつ
ancestor's meritorious deeds; the evil effects of the lives of our predecessors

偉烈

see styles
 iretsu
    いれつ
great achievement

先烈

see styles
xiān liè
    xian1 lie4
hsien lieh
martyr

凄烈

see styles
 seiretsu / seretsu
    せいれつ
(adjectival noun) fierce

凛烈

see styles
 rinretsu
    りんれつ
(noun or adjectival noun) biting; severe; intense; rigorous

剛烈


刚烈

see styles
gāng liè
    gang1 lie4
kang lieh
resolute and upright in character; unyielding; staunch

劇烈


剧烈

see styles
jù liè
    ju4 lie4
chü lieh
 gekiretsu
    げきれつ
violent; acute; severe; fierce
(noun or adjectival noun) violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity; fierceness; keenness

功烈

see styles
gōng liè
    gong1 lie4
kung lieh
achievement

勁烈


劲烈

see styles
jìng liè
    jing4 lie4
ching lieh
violent

勇烈

see styles
 yuuretsu / yuretsu
    ゆうれつ
(noun or adjectival noun) bravery; valor; valour; courage

壮烈

see styles
 souretsu / soretsu
    そうれつ
(noun or adjectival noun) heroic; brave

壯烈


壮烈

see styles
zhuàng liè
    zhuang4 lie4
chuang lieh
brave; heroic
See: 壮烈

威烈

see styles
wēi liè
    wei1 lie4
wei lieh
fierce; formidable

尚烈

see styles
 shouretsu / shoretsu
    しょうれつ
(given name) Shouretsu

峻烈

see styles
 shunretsu
    しゅんれつ
(noun or adjectival noun) severity; harshness

弘烈

see styles
 hirotake
    ひろたけ
(personal name) Hirotake

忠烈

see styles
zhōng liè
    zhong1 lie4
chung lieh
 chuuretsu / churetsu
    ちゅうれつ
sacrifice oneself for one's country; martyr
unswerving loyalty

惨烈

see styles
 sanretsu
    さんれつ
(noun or adjectival noun) horrible; cruel; atrocious

慄烈

see styles
 ritsuretsu
    りつれつ
stinging cold

慘烈


惨烈

see styles
cǎn liè
    can3 lie4
ts`an lieh
    tsan lieh
bitter; desperate
See: 惨烈

教烈

see styles
 noritake
    のりたけ
(personal name) Noritake

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Ardent
Fierce
retsuliè / lie4 / lielieh
Extreme Faithfulness貞烈tei retsu / teiretsu
Fierce激烈geki retsu / gekiretsujī liè / ji1 lie4 / ji lie / jiliechi lieh / chilieh
Intensity強烈
强烈
kyouretsu / kyoretsuqiáng liè
qiang2 lie4
qiang lie
qianglie
ch`iang lieh
chianglieh
chiang lieh
Strong-Minded Woman烈婦reppu / repu
Andre安德烈ān dé liè
an1 de2 lie4
an de lie
andelie
an te lieh
antelieh
Andrean安德烈ān dé liè
an1 de2 lie4
an de lie
andelie
an te lieh
antelieh
Andrei安德烈ān dé liè
an1 de2 lie4 
an de lie 
andelie 
an te
ante
Andrey安德烈ān dé liè
an1 de2 lie4
an de lie
andelie
an te lieh
antelieh
Andreane安德烈安ān dé liè ān
an1 de2 lie4 an1
an de lie an
andeliean
an te lieh an
anteliehan
Andres安德烈斯ān dé liè sī
an1 de2 lie4 si1
an de lie si
andeliesi
an te lieh ssu
anteliehssu
Andreas安德烈亞斯
安德烈亚斯
ān dé liè yà sī
an1 de2 lie4 ya4 si1
an de lie ya si
andelieyasi
an te lieh ya ssu
anteliehyassu
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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