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Kanji Detail for 割 - "to divide, ratio"

割

  • Meaning

    割 means "to divide, ratio." Also associated with to break.

    1. Divide - To split; to separate.

    2. Ratio - A proportion; a percentage.

    3. Break - To crack; to fracture.

    4. Cut - To sever; to slice.

  • Words using 割

    • 割り わり Listen rate; ratio; proportion
    • 分割 ぶんかつ Listen partition; division; separation
    • 割安 わりやす Listen economical; comparatively cheap
    • 割高 わりだか Listen comparatively high; fairly expensive
    • 割引債 わりびきさい Listen discount bond
    • 割り当て わりあて Listen allotment; assignment; allocation
    • 割り出す わりだす Listen to calculate; to compute; to deduce
    • 水割り みずわり Listen cutting an alcoholic beverage (usu. whisky or shōchū); diluting an alcoholic beverage; cut drink

  • Four-character idioms with 割

    • 群雄割拠 ぐんゆうかっきょ Listen rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field

  • Tattoo check: 割

    • Verified meaning: to divide, ratio
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to break

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    proportion; comparatively; divide; cut; separate; split

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cut, divide, partition; cede

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to cut; to cut apart

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to cut, to divide, to partition; to cede

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To cut with a knife. (Analects) "Why use an ox-cleaver to kill a chicken?" | To divide. Such as 割斷葛藤 (cut ties), 割捨不下 (unable to let go).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    katsu(カツ) カツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    sa.ku(さ-く) さ-く

    wa.reru(わ-れる) わ-れる

    wari(わり) わり

    waru(わ-る) わ-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    刀 刂 (katana・ritto)

  • Related Keywords

    divide ratio break cut division mix blend separate allocate bisect carve cleave crack discount fraction partition percentage proportion segment sever share slice split

Sentences including 割

  • Don't break a mirror.

  • I made my way through the crowd.

  • It doesn't pay to talk with him.

  • I broke a glass.

  • He looks quite sophisticated for his age.

  • He's quite active for his age.

  • Could you spare me a few minutes?

  • He looks very vigorous , considering his age.

  • Honesty will pay in the long run.

  • His mother looks young for her age.

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