EntryCommonJLPT N2WaniKani 43
  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

    to tear; to rip up

    その少女はその布を裂いた。
    The girl tore the cloth.
  2. to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen)

  3. to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers)

  4. to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something

  5. to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

    Archaicsee 黥く

Also written 割く【さく】

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

split, rend, tear

Kun
さ.くさ.ける-ぎ.れ
On
レツ
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1041 of 2500
Radical
clothes
WaniKani
Level 43

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Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
2-6-6SKIP code
5e6.7The Kanji Dictionary
1273.2Four corner code
3165deroo
88c2Unicode hex code
1-46-86JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4233Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5453New Nelson (John Haig)
2687New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3331Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1727Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2347Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
813Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
876Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1332A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1277Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34260Morohashi
1930A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1330Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1413Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1728Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1581Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1371Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1626Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
821Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
lie4, lie3Pinyin reading
ryeolKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
43WaniKani level