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裂
JLPT N1 12 strokes Frequency: #1041

Meanings

Split, Rend, Tear

Radicals

θ‘£

Decomposition

βΏ±εˆ—θ‘£

Etymology

Pictophonetic: cloth

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
2 diagonal right-to-left
3 corner top-right-to-bottom-left
4 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
5 vertical right-to-left
6 hook right-to-left
7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
8 horizontal bottom-to-top
9 diagonal bottom-to-top
10 corner bottom-to-top
11 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
12 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
レツ retsu
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
さ sa

Words Using This Kanji

97 words total
Other (20 words)
δ½“η΄°θƒžεˆ†θ£‚ γŸγ„γ•γ„γΌγ†γΆγ‚“γ‚Œγ€

somatic cell division (i.e. mitosis)

η›΄ζŽ₯εˆ†θ£‚ γ‘γ‚‡γγ›γ€γΆγ‚“γ‚Œγ€

direct division (i.e. amitosis)

ζˆη†Ÿεˆ†θ£‚ γ›γ„γ˜γ‚…γγΆγ‚“γ‚Œγ€

meiosis

断裂 γ γ‚“γ‚Œγ€

snapping apart

ηˆ†θ£‚γƒœγƒ‡γ‚£γƒΌ γ°γγ‚Œγ€γƒœγƒ‡γ‚£γƒΌ

voluptuous body

破裂板 γ―γ‚Œγ€γ°γ‚“

rupture disk

陰裂 γ„γ‚“γ‚Œγ€

pudendal cleft

裂剡 γ‚Œγ£γγ†

laceration

開裂 γ‹γ„γ‚Œγ€

(bond) cleavage

ε£γŒθ£‚γ‘γ¦γ‚‚ γγ‘γŒγ•γ‘γ¦γ‚‚

(not saying anything) no matter what

ε£γŒθ£‚γ‘γ¦γ‚‚θ¨€γˆγͺい γγ‘γŒγ•γ‘γ¦γ‚‚γ„γˆγͺい

(I) won't say anything no matter what

εˆ†θ£‚ιΈζŒ™ γΆγ‚“γ‚Œγ€γ›γ‚“γγ‚‡

split election (where two or more candidates from the same party stand)

打裂羽織 γΆγ£γ•γγ°γŠγ‚Š

haori coat used by soldiers

裂ぱく γ‚Œγ£γ±γ

cutting through cloth

εˆ†θ£‚η—‡ γΆγ‚“γ‚Œγ€γ—γ‚‡γ†

schizophrenia

亀渉決裂 γ“γ†γ—γ‚‡γ†γ‘γ€γ‚Œγ€

breakdown of negotiations

εˆ‡γ‚Šθ£‚γγ‚Έγƒ£γƒƒγ‚― γγ‚Šγ•γγ‚Έγƒ£γƒƒγ‚―

Jack the Ripper

ε†…ιƒ¨εˆ†θ£‚ γͺγ„γΆγΆγ‚“γ‚Œγ€

internal disunity

筋断裂 γγ‚“γ γ‚“γ‚Œγ€

muscle rupture

裂開 γ‚Œγ£γ‹γ„

dehiscence