Memory phrase for the Kanji: 裂

裂

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Meaning tear, split, rip, cut, rend

Pronunciation

RETSU
saku/keru

Explanation

Top: row 列 (bones 歹 separated with knife刂 and lined up.), below: clothes 衣

Mnemonic
 
(Tears in clothes run along the direction of weaving) Along the row the clothes will tear.

Radicals

衣 clothingThe radical koromo 衣 is often used in a simplified stroke count as 巾.
列 line, row
歹 bare boneBones 歹 (vertebrae or rib) or variant of sitting person 夕,匕 under ground 一.
刂 cutVariation of sword 刀
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 Vocabulary

分裂 ぶんれつ  split, division, break up
破裂 はれつ  explosion, rupture, break off
裂く さく  to tear, to split
裂ける さける  to split, to tear, to burst

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