Memory phrase for the character: 列

列

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Meaning

line, row, rank

Pronunciation

RETSU

Explanation

 Left: bare bone 歹 (image of a vertebra), right: knife刂

Mnemonic
 
(At the butcher) The bones are laid bare by a knife and arranged in a row.

Radicals

列 line, rowA bare bone 歹 (e.g. dorsal vertebrae) that has been opened with a knife刂 so that the vertebrae are lined up.
歹 bare boneBones 歹 (vertebrae or rib) or variant of sitting person 夕,匕 under ground 一.
刂 cutVariation of sword 刀




 Vocabulary

列 れつ  queue, line, row
列島 れっとう  chain of islands
行列 ぎょうれつ  line, procession, matrix (math)
並列 へいれつ  arrangement, parallel, abreast
列車 れっしゃ  train (ordinary)
整列 せいれつ  stand in a row, form a line
配列 はいれつ  arrangement, array (programming)
陳列 ちんれつ  exhibition, display, show
系列 けいれつ  company-group, keiretsu, succession

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