Kanji

裂

裂

split, rend, tear

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

衣部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

レツ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

さく, さける, -ぎれ

Common Readings

レツ, さ…く, さ…ける

Example sentences

切り裂く きりさく
彼 は 鋭い ナイフ で 厚い 布 を 切り裂いた 。

He cut through the thick cloth with a sharp knife.

銃弾 じゅうだん
激しい 銃撃戦 の 中 、 銃弾 が 空 を 切り裂いた 。

Amidst the intense gunfight, bullets tore through the air.

裂く さく
彼女 は 古く なった 布 を 裂いて 、 雑巾 を 作った 。

She tore the old cloth and made a dustcloth.

引き裂く ひきさく
戦争 が 多く の 家族 を 引き裂いた 。

The war tore many families apart.

内乱 ないらん
その 国 は 内乱 によって 引き裂かれた

The country was torn apart by civil war.

亀裂 きれつ
二人 の 関係 に 決定的な 亀裂 が 入った 。

A decisive rift appeared in their relationship.

破裂 はれつ
風船 が 破裂 してしまいました 。

The balloon burst.

水管 すいかん
古い 水管 が 破裂 して 、 道路 が 水浸し に なった 。

An old water pipe burst, and the road was flooded.

炸裂 さくれつ
彼 の 放った 強烈 な シュート が ゴール 右 隅 に 炸裂した 。

The powerful shot he released blasted into the bottom right corner of the goal.

裂ける さける
地震 で 地面 が 大きく 裂けた 。

The ground split wide open during the earthquake.

Example Vocabulary

切り裂く

きりさく

to cut up; to tear open; to rip apart

裂く

さく

to tear; to split; to spare (time)

引き裂く

ひきさく

to tear apart; to rip apart; to separate; to pull apart

亀裂

きれつ

fissure; crack; rift

破裂

はれつ

explosion; rupture; bursting

炸裂

さくれつ

explosion, blast

裂ける

さける

to be torn; to split; to rip

分裂

ぶんれつ

division; split; fission

張り裂ける

はりさける

to burst; to be torn apart (e.g. heart with grief)

裂け目

さけめ

tear; rip; crack; crevice

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