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割

割 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「刀」+音符「害」。「わる」を意味する漢語｛割｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カツJHS
Kun (native)
  • わ(る)Elem.
  • わりElem.
  • わ(り)Elem.
  • わ(れる)Elem.
  • さ(く)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音ge1
  • 한글hal
  • Hán-ViệtCát

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
刀(かたな)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+5272

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰害刂

Words using this kanji

  • 割合わりあいrate, ratio, percentage, proportion
  • 割りわりrate, ratio, proportion, one tenth
  • 割引わりびきわりびきを参照。discount, reduction, rebate, tenths discounted
  • 割高わりだかcomparatively high, fairly expensive
  • 割安わりやすeconomical, comparatively cheap
  • 割引債わりびきさいdiscount bond
  • 割り当てわりあて「わりあて」の漢字表記。allotment, assignment, allocation, quota
  • 割り出すわりだすto calculate, to compute, to deduce, to infer
  • 割り込みわりこみqueue jumping, breaking into a line, muscling in on, wedging oneself in
  • 割るわるわる 参照to divide, to cut, to halve, to separate
  • 割れ目われめ「われめ」の漢字表記。crack, crevice, split, fissure
  • 割譲かつじょう土地や物などの一部を分かち他者に譲渡すること。 国が領土の一部を他国に譲り渡すこと。cession (of territory)
  • 割にわりにcomparatively, relatively, fairly, rather
  • 割り箸わりばし「わりばし」を参照。dispensable chopsticks, throwaway chopsticks, chopsticks (hand game)
  • 割り切るわりきるto find a clear solution, to come to a clean decision, to give a clear explanation, to reason out
  • 割り込むわりこむ「わりこむ」の漢字表記。to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.), to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd), to wedge oneself into, to squeeze oneself into
  • 割り勘わりかん費用を頭数で割った分を全員が均等に支払うやり方。 各々が自分の分だけ支払うやり方。splitting the cost, splitting the bill, Dutch treat
  • 割り当てるわりあてる「わりあてる」の漢字表記。to assign, to allot, to allocate, to divide among
  • 割とわりとcomparatively, relatively, fairly, rather
  • 割れるわれるわれる 参照。to break, to be smashed, to split, to crack

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-10-2
Four Corner
3260.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2f10.1
Heisig
1673
Nelson
703