Skip to main content

裂

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • split
  • rend
  • tear

On'yomi (音読み)

  • レツ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • さ.く
  • さ.ける
  • -ぎ.れ
Strokes
12
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1308
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
衣#145 · clothes

Components

Common Words

  • 裂くさくGodanto tear, to rip up
  • 裂けるさけるIchidanto split, to tear, to burst, to be separated, to be divided
  • 裂け目さけめNountear, rip, rent, slit, crack, chasm, rift
  • 亀裂きれつNouncrack, crevice, fissure, chap, rift
  • 決裂けつれつNounbreakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.), breaking off, rupture
  • 破裂はれつNounbursting, rupture, explosion
  • 分裂ぶんれつNounsplit, division, break up
  • 炸裂さくれつNounviolent explosion, bursting

Practice in Kanjiru

Write 裂 by hand (opens in new tab)

Related Kanji

亀tortoiseN111 strokes核nucleusN110 strokes唇lipsN110 strokes破rendN310 strokes決decideN37 strokes目eyeN45 strokes

Data: KANJIDIC2, JMdict & KRADFILE (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0) · kanji-frequency (CC BY 4.0)