| 1930 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1332 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4233 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1277 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1728 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1330 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1413 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1371 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1626 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3331 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1727 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2347 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 821 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 34260 | Morohashi |
| 2687 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5453 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 813 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 876 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1581 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1041 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 裂孔ヘルニア 【レツコウヘルニア】 hiatal hernia, hiatus hernia
- 裂肉歯 【レツニクシ】 carnassial, carnassial tooth
- 核分裂 【カクブンレツ】 nuclear fission, karyokinesis (division of a cell nucleus during mitosis or meiosis)
- 炸裂 【サクレツ】 violent explosion, bursting
Kun reading compounds
- 裂く 【さく】 to tear, to rip up, to cut up, to cleave, to cut open (esp. the abdomen), to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers), to spare (time, money, etc.), to use part of something, to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
- 裂ける 【さける】 to split, to tear, to burst, to be separated, to be divided
Readings
- Korean:
- ryeol
Spanish
- hendidura
- escisión
- desgarramiento
- hender
- rasgar
- desgarrar
- desgarrarse
- agrietarse
Portuguese
- partir
- arrancar
- lágrimas
French
- fente
- déchirer
- arracher
| 3165 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5e6.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 1273.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 88c2 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2052 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 孔子 【コウシ】 Confucius
- 孔隙率 【コウゲキリツ】 porosity
- 瞳孔 【ドウコウ】 pupil (of the eye)
- 鰓孔 【エラアナ】 gill slit, pharyngeal slit
- 孔雀 【クジャク】 peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
- 孔子 【コウシ】 Confucius
Kun reading compounds
- 穴 【あな】 hole, opening, orifice, perforation, pit, hollow, cavity, hole (e.g. in the ground), burrow, den, lair, holt, hole, deficit, shortage, (financial) hole, loss, gap (left by a missing employee, team member, etc.), vacancy, opening, flaw, fault, defect, weak point, hole (in a theory, plan, etc.), loophole, good place not many people know about, well-kept secret, upset victory (with a large payoff), long shot, dark horse, (partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre), hiding place, hideout
- 鍵穴 【かぎあな】 keyhole
- 巣穴 【すあな】 nesting hole, burrow, den
Readings
- Japanese names:
- のり
- Korean:
- gong
Spanish
- cavidad
- agujero
- raja
- grieta
Portuguese
- Cavidade
- buraco
- fenda
- muito
- grande
- excessivamente
French
- cavité
- trou
- fente
- très
- grand
- extrêmement
| 1241 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1755 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1265 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1336 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1203 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 58 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 940 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 970 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1881 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 456 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 205 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 131 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 158 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 97 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6933 | Morohashi |
| 179 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1282 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 96 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 100 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1028 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3556 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2c1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 1-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1241.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-06 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b54 | Unicode hex code |