裂

Glyph origin
— to cut and tear clothes. The phonetic depicts bones being cut up with a blade and arranged in a line.

Definitions

 * 1) to crack; to break open
 * 2) to split
 * 3) to rend

Definitions

 * 1)  to break open revealing a crack
 * 2)  crack; gap; split; opening

Kanji

 * 1) to break
 * 2) to tear