Given name & surname · Chinese · Japanese
烈
“fire”
烈 is a surname. It is used in Chinese and Japanese.
Chinese and JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Retsu.
Meaning & origin
烈’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 烈 can be written in the Roman alphabet as RETSU.
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Across languages 9
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