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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- lie4
- English meanings
- to split, to crack, to break open, to rend
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top 列; bottom 衣.
Meaning & sound clues
衣 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “cloth”.
列 is identified as the sound component (liè). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 裂.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
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inferior; poor
grin; grimace
intense; martyr
hunt
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 分裂
- 断裂
- 破裂
- 裂痕
- 裂缝