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Chinese symbol for “fissure”

裂罅
liè xià
rift; crevice; fissure

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fissure is 裂罅 (liè xià), defined as: rift; crevice; fissure.

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Characters and stroke order

裂 liè
to split, to rend; crevice, crack
radical 145 ⾐ · 12 strokes
罅 xià
crack, fissure, split
radical 121 ⽸ · 17 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 裂罅.

WordPinyinMeaning
分裂fēn lièto split up; to divide
破裂pò lièto burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down
断裂 (斷裂)duàn lièfracture; rupture
撕裂sī lièto tear; to rip apart
裂缝 (裂縫)liè fèngcrack; crevice
爆裂bào lièto rupture; to burst
罅隙xià xìgap; crack
石罅shí xiàa crack in a rock

See also: Japanese symbol for “fissure”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.