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裂

split
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingレツ
Kun readingさ.く、さ.ける、-ぎ.れ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. splitRtK
    彼は彼女の手紙と写真をすべて切り裂いた。He ripped up all her letters and photos.tatoeba
    裂きやすい腹から裂く。The eel is split open the belly where it is easier to slit.wiki
  2. rend
  3. tear
  1. to tear
  2. to rip up
  3. to cut up
  4. to cleave
  5. to cut open (esp. the abdomen)

Popular Usage

裂く

Radicals and components

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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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file · bones (骨) · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · evening · sword (刀) · sabre (刀) · saber (刀) · cloth (巾) · clothes · clothing · garment

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 876

Compound words

裂くさく
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen)
亀裂きれつ
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
決裂けつれつ
breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off; rupture
破裂はれつ
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
分裂ぶんれつ
split; division; break up
炸裂さくれつ
violent explosion; bursting
核分裂かくぶんれつ
nuclear fission; karyokinesis (division of a cell nucleus during mitosis or meiosis)
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
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.)
き裂きれつ
crack
乾裂かんれつ
cracks in drying lumber
裂痔きれじ
anal fistula
裂帛れっぱく
cutting through cloth
裂罅れっか
fissure
罅裂かれつ
crack
臀裂でんれつ
intergluteal cleft
鰓裂さいれつ
gill slit
龜裂きれつ
crack
引裂くひきさく
to tear up
裂れ痔きれじ
anal fistula
鉤裂きかぎざき
rip
四分五裂しぶんごれつ
torn asunder
支離滅裂しりめつれつ
incoherent

Additional Examples

彼は地雷の上を運転して、彼のジープは爆裂した。
He drove over a land mine and his jeep blew up.tatoeba
彼は手紙を粉々に引き裂いて窓からばら撒いた。
He tore up his letter into small bits and threw them out the window.tatoeba
裂きやすい腹から裂く。
The eel is split open the belly where it is easier to slit.wiki
裂くときは、縦に裂くとポキッポキッと簡単に折れて食べやすくなる。
When surume is torn lengthwise, it can break into bite-size pieces and will become easier to be eaten.wiki

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 裂

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step