Chinese symbol for “splinter”
裂片
liè piàn
splinter; chip; tear (split in a surface); lobe
The closest CC-CEDICT match for splinter is 裂片 (liè piàn), defined as: splinter; chip; tear (split in a surface); lobe.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “splinter”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 裂片.
| 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 |
| 照片 | zhào piàn | photograph; 张 (zhāng),幅 (fú) |
| 图片 (圖片) | tú piàn | picture; photograph; 张 (zhāng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “splinter”.
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.