裂
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to split; to crack; to break open; to rend
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 衣 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 裂
- Common rank
- #879
- Unicode
- U+88C2
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Formation & memory
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Words with 裂
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分裂主义 | separatism | |
| 反分裂法 | anti-secession law of 2005 (whereby PRC claims the right to invade Taiwan) | |
| 可裂变同位素 | fissionable isotope | |
| 精神分裂症 | schizophrenia | |
| 水力压裂 | hydraulic fracturing; fracking | |
| 裂变产物 | fission products | |
| 二分裂 | binary division (in bacterial reproduction) | |
| 无丝分裂 | amitosis | |
| 四分五裂 | (idiom) fragmented; scattered; in disarray; at sixes and sevens | |
| 有丝分裂 | mitosis | |
| 裂变武器 | fission weapon | |
| 可裂变 | fissionable | |
| 东非大裂谷 | East African Rift Valley | |
| 双龙大裂谷 | Shuanglong Rift Valley in Mt Xiong'er National Geological Park 熊耳山[Xiong2 er3 Shan1], Zaoz… | |
| 裂脑人 | commissurotomy | |
| 核分裂 | nuclear fission | |
| 类精神分裂型人格违常 | schizoid personality disorder (SPD) | |
| 裂化 | to crack (fractionally distill oil) | |
| 分裂 | to split up; to divide; to break up; fission; schism | |
| 断裂强度 | rupture strength; breaking strength |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 列 — compare how they read.