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裂 means 'tear'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 1229   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-15    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 19 words   Used in 96 words   Used in 7 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   レツ
Kun
   さく to tear (tr), to split   さける to be torn, to be split, to burst
Additional readings
Kun    -ぎれ
Components
⿱  列 row  衣 clothes  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 裂 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 裂 is used 90 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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レツ : 61 words FIND ALL
ぶ ん れ つ 0
split; division; break up
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レツ (read as れっ) : 9 words FIND ALL
れ っ か い 0
dehiscence; cleavage; fission
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さく : 13 words FIND ALL
さ く 1
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to tear; to rip up  (this meaning is restricted to form 裂く)
2. to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen)
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さく (read as ざ) : 5 words FIND ALL
か ぎ ざ き 0
noun
rip; tear
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-ぎれ (read as ぎ) : 2 words FIND ALL
noun
border strip
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An additional さ.ける less common words include 裂 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1930  Joy o' Kanji : 1930  Key to Kanji: - 

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裂
レツ   さく to tear (tr), to split   さける to be torn, to be split, to burst   
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列
レツ    row   
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刂
トウ   かたな sword   
歹
death
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夕
セキ   ゆう night   
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タ
katakana 'ta'
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
衣
イ   ころも clothes   
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