Memory phrase for the character: 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 also used in a simplified form as 巾.
列 line, rowA bare bone 歹 (e.g. dorsal vertebrae) that has been opened with a knife刂 so that the vertebrae are lined up.
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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