裂 (liè)
to split; to crack; to break open
How 裂 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 歹 — death/decay
- Traditional
- 裂
- Simplified
- 裂 (unchanged)
Components
- 歹 death/decay
- 刂 knife
- 衣 clothes
Common words using 裂
- 分裂 fēnliè
- to split up; to divide; to break up
- 天崩地裂 tiānbēngdìliè
- heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster; fig. violent revolution; major social upheaval
- 撕裂 sīliè
- to rip apart; to tear; laceration
- 四分五裂 sìfēnwǔliè
- all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization); complete lack of unity; to disintegrate
- 斷裂 duànliè
- fracture; rupture; to break apart
- 決裂 juéliè
- to rupture; to burst open; to break
- 爆裂 bàoliè
- burst; crack
- 破裂 pòliè
- to rupture; to fracture; to break down
- 碎裂 suìliè
- to disintegrate; to shatter into small pieces
- 裂痕 lièhén
- crack; gap; split
- 裂紋 lièwén
- crack; flaw
- 裂縫 lièfèng
- crack; crevice; CL:道[dao4]
裂 in a sentence
地震後，牆壁出現了一道裂痕。
Dìzhèn hòu, qiángbì chūxiàn le yí dào lièhén.
“After the earthquake, a crack appeared on the wall.”
How common is 裂?
裂 is the 1,315th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 93% of all running text.
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