裂 — Chinese character
裂
liè
to split, to rend; crevice, crack
- Pinyin
- liè
- Radical
- 145 ⾐ (Clothes)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 列 衣
- Formation
- pictophonetic — cloth; meaning component 衣; sound component 列
- Japanese
- 裂 as a kanji
Common words with 裂
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分裂 | fēn liè | to split up; to divide |
| 破裂 | pò liè | to burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down |
| 断裂 (斷裂) | duàn liè | fracture; rupture |
| 撕裂 | sī liè | to tear; to rip apart |
| 裂缝 (裂縫) | liè fèng | crack; crevice |
| 爆裂 | bào liè | to rupture; to burst |
| 裂开 (裂開) | liè kāi | to split open |
| 决裂 (決裂) | jué liè | to rupture; to burst open |
| 裂变 (裂變) | liè biàn | (physics) to undergo nuclear fission; (fig.) to break apart, forming smaller units; to fragment |
| 裂痕 | liè hén | crack; gap |
| 割裂 | gē liè | to cut apart; to sever; to separate; to isolate |
| 四分五裂 | sì fēn wǔ liè | (idiom) fragmented; scattered; in disarray; at sixes and sevens |
English words written with 裂
裂 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · I Ching 1 · Zhuangzi 6
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 39
- Hexagram 52
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Tsê Yang
- Zhuangzi The Empire
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