割
to cut; to cut apart
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,531 U+5272
How 割 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
刂 (semantic, “knife”) + 害 (phonetic, hài)
How to remember it
cut off · Heisig RSH #1225
害 harm + saber
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 害
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 害 (hài) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 害 sound component | hài | to injure, to harm; to destroy, to kill |
| 豁 | huō | clear, open; exempt |
| 辖 | xiá | to control, to have jurisdiction; the linchpin of a wheel |
| 嗐 | hài | alas! |
Words containing 割
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不可分割 | bù kě fēn gē | inalienable; unalienable; inseparable; indivisible |
| 黄金分割 | huáng jīn fēn gē | golden ratio; golden section |
| 联合收割机 | lián hé shōu gē jī | combine (i.e. combine harvester) |
| 分割区 | fēn gē qū | partition (computing) |
| 心如刀割 | xīn rú dāo gē | to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom); to be torn with grief |
| 女性割礼 | nǚ xìng gē lǐ | female genital mutilation |
| 割草机 | gē cǎo jī | lawn mower (machine) |
| 收割机 | shōu gē jī | harvester (machine) |
| 割包皮 | gē bāo pí | to circumcise |
| 收割者 | shōu gē zhě | reaper |
| 图像分割 | tú xiàng fēn gē | image segmentation (computer vision) |
| 双曲余割 | shuāng qū yú gē | hyperbolic cosecant, i.e. function cosech(x) |
| 分割 | fēn gē | to cut up; to break up |
| 割线 | gē xiàn | secant line (math.) |
| 交割 | jiāo gē | delivery (commerce) |
| 正割 | zhèng gē | secant (of angle), written sec θ |
| 割包 | guà bāo | see 刈包[gua4 bao1] |
| 割鸡焉用牛刀 | gē jī yān yòng niú dāo | see 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[sha1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1] |
| 割草 | gē cǎo | mow grass |
| 割爱 | gē ài | to part with sth cherished; to forsake |