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Information of 坼
Pinyin
chè
Radical
土
Strokes
8 strokes
Usage
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Definition
to crack / split / break / to chap
坼 [chè]
1. To crack open; to split.
- Example: Dry land cracks. The sky is dry, and the earth splits.
2. A crack; an opening.
- Example: A crack.
3. (As a verb)
- (Meaning: To crack or split open).
- Example from 《说文》: 坼 means to split; the earth cracks.
- Example from 《淮南子·本经》: In drought, the earth cracks. Note: "It means to dry and split."
- Example from 《诗·大雅·生民》: Not cracking and not supporting.
- Example from 《易·解》: All fruits and plants sprout when their shells crack.
- Other examples: 坼甲 (when the outer skin of seeds cracks open and begins to sprout); 坼腹 (to perform a cesarean section, referring to difficult childbirth).
4. (As a noun)
- A crack.
- Example from 《周礼·占人》: The diviner uses cracks for divination.
- Other examples: 坼兆 (the signs shown by the cracks during divination with tortoise shells or animal bones); 坼罅 (a crack or fissure).
Input Method for 坼
Pinyin
che4
Wubi
fryy
Cangjie
ghmy
Zhengma
bps
Four Corner
42141
Unicode
U+577c
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