裂
liè HSK6

split

裂 liè
break open verb
to split apart or burst open, often due to internal pressure or ripeness

那个熟透的石榴裂开了。

nà gè shú​tòu de shí​liu liè kāi le.

That ripe pomegranate split open.

crack verb
to develop a fissure or line of separation in a solid surface or object

墙上裂了一道缝。

qiáng shàng liè le yī dào fèng.

A crack appeared in the wall.

rend verb
to tear, rip, or pull apart forcefully, such as fabric or skin

他的衣服被树枝挂裂了。

tā de yī​fu bèi shù​zhī guà liè le.

His clothes were torn by a branch.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,317th most common 93.5 per million
Movie subtitles
1,490th most common 43.7 per million appears in 19% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
6.59 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
14.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+88C2

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)