Kanji | 別 |
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Onyomi | ベツ |
Kunyomi | わか.れる、わ.ける |
Nanori | べっ |
English | separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially |
Examples | 特別(とくべつ): special 差別(さべつ): discrimination; distinction; differentiation 別に(べつに): (1) (not) particularly; nothing (2) separately; apart 別れ(わかれ): parting; separation; farewell; (lateral) branch; fork; offshoot; division; section 別荘(べっそう): holiday house; villa 性別(せいべつ): distinction by sex; sex; gender 区別(くべつ): distinction; differentiation; classification 別々(べつべつ): separately; individually 格別(かくべつ): exceptional 別れる(わかれる): to be divided; to part from; to separate; to bid farewell 個別(こべつ): particular case; discrete; individual; separate 送別(そうべつ): farewell; send-off 別(べつ): distinction; difference; different; another; particular; separate; extra; exception 一別(いちべつ): parting |
JLPT Level | 4 |
Jouyou Grade | 4 |
Frequency | 214 |
Components | 口: mouth 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 刀: sword; saber; knife |
Number of Strokes | 7 |
Kanji Radical | 刀 |
Radical Number | 18 |
Radical Strokes | 2 |
Radical Reading | かたな・りっとう |
Traditional Form | (none) |
Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic |
Keyword | separate |
Koohii Story 1 | I don´t know about you but to me this seems like someone´s head is about to be separated from his body. You can see he´s kneeling and his mouth is wide open gasping for the last breath he will ever take. |
Koohii Story 2 | A wise old samurai keeps his hostages (with their mouths bound up to keep them quiet) in a separate room from his sabers. Putting them together would be a silly mistake. |
Tags: jlpt.n4, grade4, kanjifreq1-250
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