干裂

Traditional form:

乾裂

Pinyin (reading):

gānliè

Definitions:

• (of dry soil etc) to crack; (of skin) to chap

Characters:

• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 裂 - to split, to rend; crevice, crack

Traditional characters:

• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 裂 - to split, to rend; crevice, crack