別 — separate, branch off, diverge

べつ別 separate

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes quality

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.

Meanings

separate
branch off
diverge
fork
another
extra
specially

word

へつ・べつ hetsu 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

へっ・べっ he 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(べっ) 館(かん) bekkan annex 別(べっ) 紙(し) besshi attached sheet 別(べっ) 個(こ) bekko separate 別(べっ) 途(と) betto separately 別(べっ) 荘(そう) bessou villa

Appears in idioms

千差万別四字熟語

thousand, distinction, ten thousand, separate

思慮分別四字熟語

think, prudence, divide, separate

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Components

Composed of

くち口 mouth #30

勹 wrapping

刂 knife (right form)

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#18 刀 knife

別 — separate, branch off, diverge

Meanings

word

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

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).

へっ・べっ he 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).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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別 — separate, branch off, diverge

Meanings

word

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

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).

へっ ・べっ he 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).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

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

へっ・べっ he 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).