裂

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		裂
simp. #		裂

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (列) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
例	*reds
鮤	*reds, *red
栵	*reds, *red
洌	*reds, *red
銐	*r'eds, *r̥ʰjeds
峛	*relʔ
列	*red
裂	*red
烈	*red
冽	*red
迾	*red
蛚	*red
茢	*red
颲	*red
鴷	*red
挒	*red
姴	*red

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *red) : phonetic 列 (OC *red) + semantic 衣 (“clothes”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liè, liě (lie⁴, lie³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ, ㄌㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lit⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lie̍t
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍t / le̍h / li̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lih⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵liq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liè
    • Wade–Giles: lieh⁴
    • Yale: lyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lieh
    • Palladius: ле (le)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liě
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liě
    • Wade–Giles: lieh³
    • Yale: lyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liee
    • Palladius: ле (le)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lit⁶
    • Yale: liht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: lied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯et̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍t / le̍h / li̍h
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍t / le̍h / li̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liat, leh, lih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɛt̚⁴/, /leʔ⁴/, /liʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛt̚²⁴/, /leʔ²⁴/, /liʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛt̚¹²¹/, /leʔ¹²¹/, /liʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɛt̚⁴/, /leʔ⁴/, /liʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛt̚⁴/, /leʔ⁴/, /liʔ⁴/

Note:

• lia̍t - literary;
• le̍h/li̍h - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: lih⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: li̍h
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵liq
    • MiniDict: 'lih^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²'liq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɪʔ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: ljet

Rime
Character	裂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	薛 (81)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	良辥切
Baxter	ljet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liat̚/
Li Rong	/liɛt̚/
Wang Li	/lĭɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lit6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]at/

  (Zhengzhang): /*red/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	裂
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	liè
Middle Chinese	‹ ljet ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]at/
English	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	裂
Reading #	1/1
No.	8129
Phonetic component	列
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*red/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 裂

1. to crack; to break open
2. to split
3. to rend

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

裂

(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: れち (rechi)
• Kan-on: れつ (retsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: さく (saku, 裂く, Jōyō); さける (sakeru, 裂ける, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 陰裂(いんれつ) (inretsu, “pudendal cleft”)

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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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Compounds

• 음렬 (陰裂, eumnyeol, “pudendal cleft”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 裂 (liệt)

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