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Kyōiku Kanji

列 — “row / line” in Japanese

Grade 3れつ
Radical ⼑ · radical 18 The building block this kanji is filed under

“row / line” in Japanese is 列, read retsu (れつ). It is a Grade 3 Kyōiku kanji, taught in year 3 of Japanese elementary school, and appears in words such as 行列 (queue).

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What does 列 mean?

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Kanji列
Meaningrow / line
Readingsれつ
GradeGrade 3 (Medium)
CurriculumKyōiku kanji · Japanese elementary school
Example行列 (queue)

How to read 列

列 is read retsu (れつ) depending on the word.

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Updated: 2026-08-28
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