裂

裂 — split, rend, tear

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 12
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1041 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: れつ retsu
Kun'yomi: さ.く sa.ku

さ.ける sa.keru

-ぎ.れ -gi.re

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 裂

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