割 Kanji – proportion
The Japanese kanji 割 can mean proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split.
Meaning and Readings
How is 割 read?
割 has the onyomi reading カツ and the kunyomi readings わる, わり, わり, われる, さく.
In romaji, these readings can be written as katsu, waru, wari, wareru, saku.
Common Japanese Words Using 割
These common Japanese words contain 割. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- １割（いちわり） — ten percent
- 学割（がくわり） — student discount
- 割り引く（わりびく） — to discount, to reduce (the price), to take off (a percentage)
- 割り出す（わりだす） — to calculate, to compute
- 割り切る（わりきる） — to find a clear solution, to come to a clean decision, to give a clear explanation, to reason out, to conclude, to be pragmatic, to be practical
- 割り当てる（わりあてる） — to assign, to allot, to allocate, to divide among, to distribute, to prorate, to apportion
- 割る（わる） — to divide
- 割れる（われる） — to break, to be smashed
- 割譲（かつじょう） — cession (of territory)
- 時間割（じかんわり） — timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable), schedule