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Kanji

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.

螻蟻潰堤 ろうぎかいてい
小さな亀裂を見逃せば、螻蟻潰堤のように大事故へつながる。

If we overlook a small crack, it can lead to a major accident, as tiny damage can bring down a dike.

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.

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