別 — separate, branch off, diverge

べつ別 separate

べつ

U+5225 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #214 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #94 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

separate
branch off
diverge
fork
another
extra
specially

Readings

On'yomi: べつ betsu
Kun'yomi: わか waka わ wa

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べつ betsu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

別(べつ) betsu different 特(とく) 別(べつ) tokubetsu special 別(べつ) に betsuni not particularly 差(さ) 別(べつ) sabetsu discrimination 区(く) 別(べつ) kubetsu distinction 別々(べつ) betsubetsu separately 分(ふん) 別(べつ) funbetsu discretion 選(せん) 別(べつ) senbetsu selection

わか waka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

別(わか) れる wakareru to part 別(わか) れ wakare parting 物(もの) 別(わか) れ monowakare failure to reach agreement

べっ be

別(べっ) 館(かん) bekkan annex 別(べっ) 紙(し) besshi attached sheet 別(べっ) 室(しつ) besshitsu separate room 別(べっ) 表(ぴょう) beppyou annexed (statistical) table 別(べっ) 個(こ) bekko separate 別(べっ) 居(きょ) bekkyo separation 別(べっ) 冊(さつ) bessatsu separate volume 別(べっ) 途(と) betto separately

Words by frequency and grade

40 words

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