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割 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「刂」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「刂」
On
カツかつ · katsu
Kun
わ(る)・わりwa(ru) · wari
Meaning
to divide; split; proportion

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

害 plus 刂 "blade"; cutting a thing apart with a blade — hence "to divide, proportion."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカツかつkatsu割愛かつあい割拠かっきょ分割ぶんかつ
Kunわるwaru割るわれる
Kunわりwari割がいいわりがいい割合わりあい割にわりに五割ごわり
Kunわれるwareru割れるわれるひび割れひびわれ
Kunさくsaku割くさく

Compare: 裂く

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 分割ぶんかつ

    division; splitting

  • 役割やくわり

    role; part

More words with this kanji

  • 割り箸わりばし
  • 割烹かっぽう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

自分(じぶん)の役割(やくわり)を果(は)たした。

I fulfilled my role.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

分割役割割分to div…役role刻to car…創to cre…劇drama刈reap刊to pub…矻to toi…刮to scr…劼to wor…拮to be…括bundle
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 刂Map of reading カツAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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