裂 — kanji meaning “split”
裂
split, rend, tear
- Meanings
- split, rend, tear
- On'yomi
- レツ (retsu)
- Kun'yomi
- さ.く、さ.ける、-ぎ.れ
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1041 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 145
- Chinese reading
- liè, liě — Chinese character page
Words with 裂
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分裂 | ぶんれつ bunretsu | split; division; break up |
| 破裂 | はれつ haretsu | bursting; rupture; explosion |
| 亀裂 | きれつ kiretsu | crack; crevice; fissure |
| 決裂 | けつれつ ketsuretsu | breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off; rupture |
| 裂け目 | さけめ sakeme | tear; rip; rent |
| 核分裂 | かくぶんれつ kakubunretsu | nuclear fission |
| 炸裂 | さくれつ sakuretsu | violent explosion; bursting |
| 裂く | さく saku | to tear; to rip up |
| 裂ける | さける sakeru | to split; to tear; to burst |
| 引き裂く | ひきさく hikisaku | to tear up; to tear off; to rip up |
| 爆裂 | ばくれつ bakuretsu | exploding |
| 切り裂く | きりさく kirisaku | to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces |
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