Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N3

318 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split

Kunyomi: わ.る わり わ.り わ.れる さ.く

Onyomi: カツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: りっとう

Meaning: knife, sword

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

愛する(かつあいする)   omit, leave out, spare

する(ぶんかつする)   partition, divide, separate

る(わる)   divide, break, crack [v.t.]

れる(われる)   break, split, crack [v.i.]

り勘(わりかん)   shared expenses

り算(わりざん)   division

り引く(わりびく)   discount [v.t.]

合(わりあい)   rate, ratio, proportion

(いちわり)   ten percent

(やくわり)   part, role, duties

と(わりと)   relatively, comparatively

く(さく)   split, rend, cut, spare (time)

Onyomi Examples

カツアイ omitting (reluctantly), leaving out, dropping, giving up (reluctantly), parting with, sharing, sparing

カツジョウ cession (of territory)

セイカツ secant (trigonometric function)

トウカツ equal cleavage (embryology)

Kunyomi Examples

わる to divide, to cut, to halve, to separate, to split, to rip, to break, to crack, to smash, to dilute, to fall below, to discount, to step over (a line, etc.)

わり rate, ratio, proportion, one tenth, ten percent, (comparative) profit, gain, assignment, allotment, allocation, match, schedule of matches, diluted with (of drinks), mixed with, discount, rebate

わりあい rate, ratio, percentage, proportion, comparatively, contrary to expectations

がくわり student discount

手合 てあいわり handicap (go, shogi)

わり rate, ratio, proportion, one tenth, ten percent, (comparative) profit, gain, assignment, allotment, allocation, match, schedule of matches, diluted with (of drinks), mixed with, discount, rebate

わりあい rate, ratio, percentage, proportion, comparatively, contrary to expectations

がくわり student discount

手合 てあいわり handicap (go, shogi)

れる われる to break, to be smashed, to split, to crack, to fissure, to be torn, to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.), to split (e.g. of a party), to come to light, to become clear, to be identified, to be revealed, to become distorted (of sound), to clip, to be divisible (without a remainder), to drop below a minimum

裂く さく to tear, to rip up, to cut up, to cleave, to cut open (esp. the abdomen), to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers), to spare (time, money, etc.), to use part of something, to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye