EntryCommonWaniKani 45
  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

    to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to tear to pieces

    オレの醜い部分がオレを引き裂く。
    The ugly side of myself tears me up.
  2. to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart

Also written 引裂く【ひきさく】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to

Kun
ひ.くひ.ける
On
イン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
218 of 2500
Radical
bow
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

いなひきひけびき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-3-1SKIP code
3h1.1The Kanji Dictionary
1220.0Four corner code
3554deroo
5f15Unicode hex code
1-16-90JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1562Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1681New Nelson (John Haig)
181New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
207Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
133Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
160Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1232Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1318Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
238A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
144Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
271Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9699Morohashi
77A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
216Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
216Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
156sakade
167Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
81henshall3
87Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
263crowley
257Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.2busy_people
605Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1240Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yin3Pinyin reading
inKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
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

Built from

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