Moto 裂: Split; Rend; TearKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- レツ
- Kun'yomi
- さ(く)、さ(ける)、-ぎ(れ)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 119 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (レツ)
- 分裂ぶんれつsplit; division
- 亀裂きれつcrack; crevice
- 決裂けつれつbreakdown; rupture
- 破裂はれつexplosion; rupture
- 核分裂かくぶんれつnuclear fission
- 四分五裂しぶんごれつtorn asunder; disrupted and disorganized
- 炸裂さくれつviolent explosion; bursting
- 細胞分裂さいぼうぶんれつcell division
- き裂きれつcrack; crevice
- さく裂さくれつviolent explosion; bursting
- 七花八裂しちかはちれつbeing torn to pieces
- 乾裂かんれつcracks in drying lumber
- 交渉決裂こうしょうけつれつbreakdown of negotiations
- 体細胞分裂たいさいぼうぶんれつsomatic cell division (i.e. mitosis)
- 内部分裂ないぶぶんれつinternal disunity; internal division
- 分裂性ぶんれつせいfissionable
- 分裂物質ぶんれつぶっしつfissionable materials
- 分裂病ぶんれつびょうschizophrenia
- 分裂症ぶんれつしょうschizophrenia
- 分裂症患者ぶんれつしょうかんじゃschizophrenic
- 分裂組織ぶんれつそしきmeristematic tissue; meristem
- 分裂選挙ぶんれつせんきょsplit election (where two or more candidates from the same party stand)
- 原子核分裂げんしかくぶんれつnuclear fission
- 口唇裂こうしんれつharelip; cleft lip
- 口蓋裂こうがいれつcleft palate
- 大脳縦裂だいのうじゅうれつgreat longitudinal fissure; longitudinal cerebral fissure
- 子宮破裂しきゅうはれつuterine rupture; hysterorrhexis
- 尿道下裂にょうどうかれつhypospadias
- 心破裂しんはれつmyocardial rupture; cardiac rupture
- 心臓破裂しんぞうはれつmyocardial rupture; cardiac rupture
- 成熟分裂せいじゅくぶんれつmeiosis
- 支離滅裂しりめつれつincoherent; inconsistent
- 断裂だんれつsnapping apart
- 有糸分裂ゆうしぶんれつmitosis
- 核分裂反応かくぶんれつはんのうnuclear fission; fission reaction
- 核分裂性かくぶんれつせいfissility
- 核分裂性物質かくぶんれつせいぶっしつfissile material; fissionables
- 核分裂生成物かくぶんれつせいせいぶつfission product
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 引き裂くひきさくto tear up; to tear off
- 裂くさくto tear; to rip up
- 裂けるさけるto split; to tear
- 裂け目さけめtear; rip
- うなぎ裂き包丁うなぎさきほうちょうeel knife
- かぎ裂きかぎざきrip; tear
- 八つ裂きやつざきtearing limb from limb; tearing apart
- 切り細裂くきりこまざくto cut up small
- 切り裂きジャックきりさきジャックJack the Ripper
- 切り裂くきりさくto cut off; to cut up
- 口が裂けてもくちがさけても(I) won't (say) anything no matter what (expression is followed by negative verb relating to say, answer, etc.) to not (tell) even under any threat
- 口が裂けても言えないくちがさけてもいえない(I) won't say anything no matter what; to be unwilling to tell even under threat
- 古代裂れこだいぎれancient cloth fragment
- 張り裂けるはりさけるto burst (open); to break
Other readings
- 引裂くひきさくto tear up; to tear off
- 八裂きやつざきtearing limb from limb; tearing apart
- 切裂くきりさくto cut off; to cut up
- 半裂はんざきJapanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus)
- 古代裂こだいぎれancient cloth fragment
- 張裂けるはりさけるto burst (open); to break
- 打裂き羽織ぶっさきばおりhaori coat used by soldiers
- 打裂羽織ぶっさきばおりhaori coat used by soldiers
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