expression, ichidan verb
get chapped; become chapped (skin)
Describes skin becoming dry, cracked, or chapped, often due to cold or dryness. The expression is rare; more commonly expressed as ひび割れる or あかぎれになる.
冬になると手のひびが切れて痛い。
In winter, my hands get chapped and hurt.
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling for this expression.
Uses the rare kanji 皹 specifically for skin chapping; rarely seen in modern writing.
Uses the rare kanji 皸, a variant of 皹; extremely uncommon.
Compound of ひび (crack, chap) + が (subject marker) + 切れる (to be cut, to break). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the expression literally means 'cracks cut/break'.