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Kotomora

析

chop, divide, tear, analyze

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes8

Readings

On'yomi

  • セキ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

析 centers on separating something into parts: chopping, dividing, or tearing physically, and by extension analyzing or breaking down ideas.

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Etymology

析 combines 木 (tree, wood) and 斤 (axe), suggesting chopping wood with an axe. This physical splitting extended to the abstract sense of analyzing or dividing.

Meaning mnemonic

An axe 斤 is used to chop a tree 木 into pieces. This act of splitting wood represents dividing, tearing, and analyzing.

Reading mnemonic

For セキ, imagine a section of wood being chopped: section -> セキ, and the axe divides the tree.