Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1041 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: split, rend, tear

Kunyomi: さ.く さ.ける -ぎ.れ

Onyomi: レツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: clothes

Examples

Onyomi Examples

孔ヘルニア レツコウヘルニア hiatal hernia, hiatus hernia

肉歯 レツニクシ carnassial, carnassial tooth

核分 カクブンレツ nuclear fission, karyokinesis (division of a cell nucleus during mitosis or meiosis)

サクレツ violent explosion, bursting

Kunyomi Examples

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

ける さける to split, to tear, to burst, to be separated, to be divided