割

音読おんよみ: カツ

訓読くんよみ:・わり・さ

画数かくすう: 12

部首ぶしゅ: りっとう(刂)

Meaning

Divide / Split / Break / Ratio

Conjugation
Tap for 割る (break; divide) Tap for 割く (tear; spare)
  • 割合わりあい — ratio / proportion
  • 割引わりびき — discount
  • る — to divide / split
  • 分割ぶんかつ — division / partition
  • 割当わりあて — allocation / assignment
  • ざん — division (math)
  • ばし — disposable chopsticks

割 combines the radical 刂 (sword/knife, symbolizing cutting) with 害 (as the phonetic element). The character depicts the act of cutting or breaking apart.

Its usage extends from physical splitting to abstract meanings like percentages (割合) and division in mathematics (割り算).

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