裂

Translingual

Han character

裂 (radical 145 衣+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一弓卜竹女 (MNYHV), four-corner 1273₂, composition ⿱列衣)

1. split, crack, break open
2. rend

References

• KangXi: page 1116, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34260
• Dae Jaweon: page 1582, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3087, character 1
• Unihan data for U+88C2

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		裂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liè (lie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: liè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ
    • Wade-Giles: lieh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lieh
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lit⁶
    • Yale: liht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lit⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /liːt̚²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (裂, reconstructed)
Character (裂), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 薛 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 良辥切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/liᴇt̚/	/li̯ɛt̚/	/liɛt̚/	/liɛt̚/	/liat̚/	/lĭɛt̚/	/ljæt̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (裂, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
裂								liè								‹ ljet ›								/*[r]at/								to cut, split
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
裂					8129					列					月					2										/*red/

Compounds

• 破裂摩擦音 (pòliè mócāyīn, “affricate”)

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Japanese

Kanji

裂

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: れつ (retsu)
• Kun: さく (saku), さける (sakeru)

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Korean

Hanja

裂 (ryeol, yeol) (hangeul 렬, 열, revised ryeol, yeol, McCune-Reischauer ryŏl, yŏl, Yale lyel, yel)

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Vietnamese

Han character

裂 (liệt)

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