Entry
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Taru adjective, Adverb taking the 'to' particle

    biting (cold); severe; intense; piercing

    Formal or literary term

Also written 凛烈【りんれつ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

cold, strict, severe

Kun
きびし.い
On
リン
Strokes
15
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
ice
WaniKani
Level 56

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-2-13SKIP code
2b13.1The Kanji Dictionary
3019.1Four corner code
51dbUnicode hex code
1-49-59JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
651Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
430New Nelson (John Haig)
196Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
152Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2138Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2264Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1718Morohashi
lin3Pinyin reading
reumKorean reading
56WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

cold

Kun
きよ.い
On
レツレイ
Strokes
8
Radical
ice

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (10)
CodeReference
1-2-6SKIP code
2b6.1The Kanji Dictionary
3210.0Four corner code
51bdUnicode hex code
1-49-56JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
643Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
420New Nelson (John Haig)
1637Morohashi
lie4Pinyin reading
ryeolKorean reading