割 means “split, divide, ten percent”

わる · waru

Also: proportion, comparatively, cut

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

わる, わり, われる, さく

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カツ

JLPT N3 · Taught in grade 6 · 12 strokes

The story

A knife (刂) beside 害 (harm): cutting a whole into pieces. 割る is to split or break, 割り勘 is the bill divided evenly, and 割 counts tenths, so a 3割引 sticker means 30 percent off.

Used in 割る (waru, to split/break), 割引 (waribiki, discount), and 割合 (wariai, proportion)

More from How Much, How Many

• 種 seed
• 程 extent
• 積 pile up
• 単 single
• 類 kind
• 余 surplus
• 等 equal
• 列 row
• 幾 how many
• 全 all
• 最 most
• 加 add

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