裂 – split, rend, tear

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1041 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 裂 means split, rend, tear. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is レツ (retsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さ.く、さ.ける、-ぎ.れ (saku, sakeru, gire). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 衣 (no. 145).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	レツ	retsu
Kun’yomi	さ.く	saku
Kun’yomi	さ.ける	sakeru
Kun’yomi	-ぎ.れ	gire

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 衣 (Kangxi radical 145). Components: 衣・刈・歹・亠.

Words using 裂

裂くさくto tear裂けるさけるto split分裂ぶんれつsplit破裂はれつbursting

Example sentences

その少女はその布を裂いた。

The girl tore the cloth.

Tatoeba #209213

この布は裂けやすい。

This cloth tears easily.

Tatoeba #220074

党派は二つに分裂した。

The party was split up into two.

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Kanji with the same radical

表裁補被製装裏複裕袋襲衣衰裸袖襟

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