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裂
liè
1. to split
2. to crack
3. to break open
4. to rend
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

裂
liè
to split, to rend; crevice, crack
HSK 6 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

车裂
chēliè
to tear off a person's four limbs and head using five horse drawn carts (as capital punishment)
爆裂
bàoliè
to rupture
皴裂
cūnliè
chap (lips, skin etc)
破裂
pòliè
to rupture
鳃裂
sāiliè
gill slit (in fish)
碎裂
suìliè
to disintegrate
轘裂
huànliè
see [[車裂|车裂<chēliè>]]
颚裂
èliè
cleft palate (birth defect)
绽裂
zhànliè
to split open
纵裂
zòngliè
lobe
羽裂
yǔliè
pinnation (splitting of leaves into lobes)
裂化
lièhuà
to crack (fractionally distill oil)
裂口
lièkǒu
breach
裂片
lièpiàn
splinter
裂璺
lièwèn
crack
裂痕
lièhén
crack
裂纹
lièwén
crack
裂缝
lièfèng
crack
裂罅
lièxià
rift
裂解
lièjiě
pyrolysis

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,316
Word Frequency Rank
3,508 of 84,292

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