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別 わか.れる、わ.ける separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially 4 214 7 18 かたな・りっとう 会意 Compound Ideographic 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. 90

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ベツ べっ 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 4 口: mouth勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20)刀: sword; saber; knife 刀 2 (none) separate 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.

Kanji	別
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.
RTK Index	90

Distinction Separate Separately Farewell Sex Mouth Wrapping 別