Meaning
rend · split · tear
On'yomi
レツ
Kun'yomi
-ぎ.れ · さ.く · さ.ける
Common compounds (13)
- き裂 きれつcrack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
- 分裂 ぶんれつsplit; division; break up
- 決裂 けつれつbreakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off; rupture
- 破裂 はれつbreakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
- 核分裂 かくぶんれつkaryokinesis (division of a cell nucleus during mitosis or meiosis)
- 裂け目 さけめtear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm; rift
- 切れ地 きれじcloth; fabric
- 引きさく ひきさくto (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
- 四分五裂 しぶごれつtorn asunder; disrupted and disorganized
- 割く さくto forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers)
- 割ける さけるto split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
- さく裂 さくれつviolent explosion; bursting