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Kotomora

割

proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 6FrequencyTop 500Strokes12

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

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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.