Kanji 裂: "split, rend, tear"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 裂

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 切きり裂さくto cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces
• 裂さくto tear; to rip up · to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen)
• 引ひき裂さく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
• 破は裂れつbursting; rupture; explosion · breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
• 裂さけるto split; to tear; to burst; to be separated
• 亀き裂れつcrack; crevice; fissure; chap
• 炸さく裂れつviolent explosion; bursting
• 分ぶん裂れつsplit; division; break up
• 裂さけ目めtear; rip; rent; slit
• 張はり裂さけるto burst (open); to break; to split
• 八やつ裂ざきtearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
• 支し離り滅めつ裂れつincoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly

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