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Chinese symbol for “lobe”

纵裂
zòng liè
Traditional: 縱裂
lobe; longitudinal slit; vertical fracture

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lobe is 纵裂 (zòng liè), defined as: lobe; longitudinal slit; vertical fracture.

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Characters and stroke order

纵 zòng
to indulge in, to give free reign to
radical 120 ⽷ · 7 strokes
裂 liè
to split, to rend; crevice, crack
radical 145 ⾐ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “lobe”

WordPinyinMeaning
叶 (葉)yèleaf; page
裂片liè piànsplinter; chip

Related words

Other words that share a character with 纵裂.

WordPinyinMeaning
操纵 (操縱)cāo zòngto operate; to control
纵然 (縱然)zòng ráneven if; even though
纵横 (縱橫)zòng hénglit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth
纵火 (縱火)zòng huǒto set on fire; to commit arson
放纵 (放縱)fàng zòngto indulge; to pamper
纵容 (縱容)zòng róngto tolerate or condone wrongdoing; to allow (sb) to engage in bad behavior
分裂fēn lièto split up; to divide
破裂pò lièto burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down

See also: Japanese symbol for “lobe”.

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.