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: 刂(りっとう)

Meaning

Divide / Split / Break / Ratio

  • 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).

割引わりびき使つかえます。
You can use a discount.

割合わりあいおとこひとおおいです。
There is a high ratio of men.

合
Creates
割合わりあい — ratio / proportion
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