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common

レツ/RETSU/    さ.く/sa.ku/    さ.ける/sa.keru/    -ぎ.れ/-gi.re/RETSU/レツ/    sa.ku/さ.く/    sa.keru/さ.ける/    -gi.re/-ぎ.れ/

split;  rend;  tear

Radical: 衤 (clothes).   Strokes: 12画.   Elements: 衣刂歹.   Pinyin: liè / liě.   Hangul: 렬 [ryeol].

Jōyō Kanji High School.   JLPT N1.

▸ Stroke order diagram

▸ Example compounds

Example compounds:
レツRETSU細胞分裂【さいぼうぶんれつsaibōbunretsu】cell division
四分五裂【しぶんごれつshibungoretsu】torn asunder; disrupted and disorganized
核分裂【かくぶんれつkakubunretsu】nuclear fission; karyokinesis (division of a cell nucleus during mitosis or meiosis)
さくsaku引き裂く【ひきさくhikisaku】to tear up; to tear off; to split
裂く【さくsaku】to tear; to cut up; to forcibly separate (i.e. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.); to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
切り裂く【きりさくkirisaku】to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
さけるsakeru裂ける【さけるsakeru】to split; to tear; to burst
張り裂ける【はりさけるharisakeru】to burst (open); to break; to split

▸ Codes and indices

Codepoints and classification codes:
88c2–Unicode
46-86–JIS X 0208
2-6-6–SKIP
5e6.7–TKD
1273.2–Four Corner
3165–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
4233–Classic Nelson
5453–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
2687–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
1727–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
813–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
1332–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
1277–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
34260–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 10 p. 213
1930–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
1330–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
1728–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
1581–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
1371–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
1626–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
821–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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