裂
rend, split, tear
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
12 / 12
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:12
JLPT:1
Frequency:1041
Vocabulary
レツ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 核分裂 | カクブンレツ | nuclear fission; karyokinesis (division of a cell nucleus during mitosis or meiosis) |
| 亀裂 | キレツ | crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift |
| 決裂 | ケツレツ | breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off; rupture |
| 破裂 | ハレツ | bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off |
| 分裂 | ブンレツ | split; division; break up |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 引き裂く | ひきさく | to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to tear to pieces; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart |
| 裂く | さく | to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen); to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye |
| き裂 | きれつ | crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift |
| 裂ける | さける | to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided |
| 裂け目 | さけめ | tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm; rift |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
依
consequently, depend on, due to, reliant, therefore
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made in..., manufacture
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袋
bag, pouch, sack
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殊
especially, exceptionally, particularly
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俵
bag, bale, counter for bags, sack
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敏
agile, alert, cleverness
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致
cause, do, doth, engage, exert, forward, incur, send
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残
balance, leftover, remainder
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灰
ashes, cremate, puckery juice
Grade 6JLPT 2
陵
hill, imperial tomb, mausoleum, mound
Grade 8JLPT 1