Japanese symbol for “cleft”

割れ目

われめ

Romaji: wareme

crack; crevice; split; fissure

In Japanese, cleft is 割れ目, read われめ (wareme).

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Meanings

n crack; crevice; split; fissure; cleft; rift
n opening of the vagina; slit

Written forms: 割れ目、破れ目、割目、破目. Readings: われめ、ワレメ.

Kanji and stroke order

割

proportion, comparatively, divide

on: カツ
kun: わ.る、わり、わ.り、わ.れる

12 strokes · JLPT 2

目

eye, class, look

on: モク、ボク
kun: め、-め、ま-

5 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Japanese words for “cleft”

Word	Reading	Meaning
絶え間	たえま taema	gap (e.g. in the clouds); rift; cleft

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
役割	やくわり yakuwari	part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role
割合	わりあい wariai	rate; ratio; percentage
割引	わりびき waribiki	discount; reduction; rebate
分割	ぶんかつ bunkatsu	partition; division; separation
割り	わり wari	rate; ratio; proportion
割り当て	わりあて wariate	allotment; assignment; allocation
目的	もくてき mokuteki	purpose; goal; aim
目標	もくひょう mokuhyou	goal; target; aim

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.