TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
烈
烈 ＝ 灬 ＋ 列
ㄌㄧㄝˋ · liè
adj — fierce, intense, blazing
字源 FORM — what the parts do
灬義fire — the four-dot fire under the character
Fire (灬) under 列 liè, things ranged in a row. A whole line of flame burning at full force — fierce, blazing (烈火, 猛烈). From the intensity, anything strong: 熱烈 (ardent), and a will that won't bend, 剛烈, the one who dies for it — 烈士 (martyr). The reading is exact, liè.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一排（列）火（灬）一齊燒起來，火勢猛烈。
A whole row (列) of fire (灬) flares up at once, burning fierce.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)烈火、猛烈— fierce, blazing常用
→熱烈、強烈— ardent, intense常用
⇒剛烈、烈士— upright and unbending; a martyr
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension