割
proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split
Readings
On'yomi
- カツ
Kun'yomi
- わ.る
- わり
- わ.り
- わ.れる
- さ.く
Meaning
割 centers on dividing something into parts: physically cutting or splitting, and the resulting proportion or comparison between the parts.
Most common words using 割
24 of 393- 割りわりN1
rate; ratio; proportion
- 役割やくわりN3
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
- 割引わりびきN3
discount; reduction; rebate
- 割合わりあいN4
rate; ratio; percentage; proportion
- 割るわるN4
to divide
- 分割ぶんかつN1
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
- 割り当てわりあてN1
allotment; assignment; allocation; quota; rationing
- 割れるわれるN4
to break; to be smashed
- 割高わりだか
comparatively high; fairly expensive
- 割り込みわりこみN3
queue jumping; breaking into a line; muscling in on; wedging oneself in; interruption; sharing a theater box (theatre)
- 割れ目われめN1
crack; crevice; split; fissure; cleft; rift; chasm; chink; gap
- 学割がくわりN1
student discount
- 割安わりやす
economical; comparatively cheap
- 割り箸わりばしN1
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
- 割り当てるわりあてるN1
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to apportion
- 時間割じかんわりN3
timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule
- 割り勘わりかんN3
splitting the cost; splitting the bill; Dutch treat
- 割り込むわりこむN2
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to squeeze oneself into; to intrude on; to interrupt
- 割り切るわりきるN1
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to reason out; to conclude; to be pragmatic; to be practical
- 水割りみずわり
cutting an alcoholic beverage (usu. whisky or shōchū); diluting an alcoholic beverage; cut drink; diluted drink; watered-down drink
- 分割払いぶんかつばらい
payment by installments; payment by instalments; hire-purchase
- 割り出すわりだすN1
to calculate; to compute
- 割り算わりざんN3
division
- 割にわりにN1
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
Study
Etymology
割 combines 害 (likely phonetic, with an original sense of 'harm' or 'cut') and 刂 (knife), forming the idea of cutting or dividing with a blade.
Meaning mnemonic
A knife 刂 cuts through something harmful 害, dividing it into manageable pieces. That division creates proportions.
Reading mnemonic
For カツ, imagine cutting a large cutlet (カツ) into equal portions: the knife divides the cutlet, and カツ sounds just like the reading.