The kanji 割: meaning, readings and stroke order
割
- Meaning
- divide, break
- On reading
- カツ katsu
- Kun reading
- わ(る) waru、わり wari、わ(れる) wareru、さ(く) saku
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 刀 knife, sword
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- chia, vỡ (cát)
- Japanese
- わる。われる。
- Korean
- 나누다, 깨다 (할)
- Chinese
- 分开、打破
Readings, words and example sentences
カツ katsu · on reading · less common
分割
dividing, paying in parts
代金を 分割で はらいます。
We pay the price a little at a time.
わ(る) waru · kun reading
割る
to divide
十を 二で 割ります。
Divide ten by two.
わり wari · kun reading
割
ten percent, one tenth
三割の 人が 賛成しました。
Thirty percent of the people agreed.
わ(れる) wareru · kun reading
割れる
to break, to crack
落として 皿が 割れました。
I dropped the plate and it broke.
さ(く) saku · kun reading · less common
割く
to spare (time)
時間を 割いて 手伝います。
I make time to help.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.