裂 — split, rend, tear

Readings

On'yomi

レツ

Kun'yomi

さ.くさ.ける-ぎ.れ

Example words

• 分裂ぶんれつsplit; division; break up
• 破裂はれつexplosion; rupture; break off
• 裂くさく(1) to tear; to rip up (2) to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen) (3) to forcibly separate (i.e. two lovers) (4) to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something (5) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
• 裂けるさけるto split; to tear; to burst