裂

to split; to crack; to break open; to rend

12 strokes Dict coverage rank #879 U+88C2

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

衣 (semantic, “cloth”) + 列 (phonetic, liè)

components: 列衣

crack · Heisig RSH #1968

列 line up + 衣 clothing

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 列

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 列 (liè) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
列 sound component	liè	a line; to arrange, to classify
例	lì	precedent, example, case; regulation
烈	liè	fiery, violent; ardent, vehement
咧	liě	to grimace, to grin
冽	liè	cold and raw; pure, clear
趔	liè	to stumble; to halt, to check
洌	liè	clear, pure; to cleanse

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
分裂主义	fēn liè zhǔ yì	separatism
反分裂法	fǎn fēn liè fǎ	anti-secession law of 2005 (whereby PRC claims the right to invade Taiwan)
可裂变同位素	kě liè biàn tóng wèi sù	fissionable isotope
精神分裂症	jīng shén fēn liè zhèng	schizophrenia
水力压裂	shuǐ lì yā liè	hydraulic fracturing; fracking
裂变产物	liè biàn chǎn wù	fission products
二分裂	èr fēn liè	binary division (in bacterial reproduction)
无丝分裂	wú sī fēn liè	amitosis
四分五裂	sì fēn wǔ liè	(idiom) fragmented; scattered; in disarray; at sixes and sevens
有丝分裂	yǒu sī fēn liè	mitosis
裂变武器	liè biàn wǔ qì	fission weapon
可裂变	kě liè biàn	fissionable
东非大裂谷	Dōng Fēi Dà Liè gǔ	East African Rift Valley
双龙大裂谷	Shuāng lóng Dà Liè gǔ	Shuanglong Rift Valley in Mt Xiong'er National Geological Park 熊耳山[Xiong2 er3 Shan1], Zaoz…
裂脑人	liè nǎo rén	commissurotomy
核分裂	hé fēn liè	nuclear fission
类精神分裂型人格违常	lèi jīng shén fēn liè xíng rén gé wéi cháng	schizoid personality disorder (SPD)
裂化	liè huà	to crack (fractionally distill oil)
分裂	fēn liè	to split up; to divide; to break up; fission; schism
断裂强度	duàn liè qiáng dù	rupture strength; breaking strength