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裂 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「衣」

道
3Junior high level ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「衣」
On
レツれつ · retsu
Kun
さ.く・さ.ける・-ぎ.れsa.ku · sa.keru · gi.re
Meaning
split; tear

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

衣 "cloth" with 列: cloth tearing apart — to split, to tear.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onレツれつretsu決裂けつれつ破裂はれつ分裂ぶんれつ
Kunさくsaku裂くさく八つ裂きやつざき

Compare: 割く

Kunさけるsakeru裂けるさける裂け目さけめ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 分裂ぶんれつ

    split; division

  • 破裂はれつ

    rupture; bursting

More words with this kanji

  • 亀裂きれつ
  • 裂くさく
  • 炸裂さくれつ
  • 皹裂くんれつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

水(みず)道管(どうかん)が破裂(はれつ)した。

The water pipe burst.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

分裂破裂裂分to div…破to bre…衰declin…袋bag衣clothi…表surfac…衷inmost…列row劣inferi…冽cold…洌clear…烈violen…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 衣Map of reading レツAll maps

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

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