TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
裂
ㄌㄧㄝˋ · liè
verb — to split, tear, crack
字源 FORM — what the parts do
列 liè on top for the sound, the cloth (衣) below — 列 already carries a knife (刂) cutting things into a row, and here it splits the cloth. From torn fabric to any crack: 破裂、裂開.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一塊布（衣）兩手一扯，順著紋（列）嘶地裂成兩半。
The cloth (衣) pulled at both ends tears down the grain (列) with a rip — split in two.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)裂、撕裂— to tear, split常用
→破裂、裂開— to crack, burst open常用
⇒分裂、決裂— to split apart; to break off
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension