別

separate; branch off; diverge; fork; another; extra; specially

7 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 214.

Readings

• ベツ (on reading): 別 (べつ) separate; 特別 (とくべつ) special
• わかれる (kun reading): 別れる (わかれる) to part (usu. of people); 別れ (わかれ) parting (of people)
• わける (kun reading): 別 (わけ) lord (hereditary title for imperial descendants in outlying regions)

Components

• 口
• 勹
• 刂
• ⺉ radical knife, right-side form of 刀
• 力 radical power
• 勹 radical wrap
• 口 radical mouth

Kanji containing 別

• 捌 handle

Words using 別

• 別 (べつ) separate
• 特別 (とくべつ) special
• 区別 (くべつ) distinction
• 別名 (べつめい) another name
• 個別 (こべつ) individual
• 別れる (わかれる) to part (usu. of people)
• 別れ (わかれ) parting (of people)
• 生き別れ (いきわかれ) lifelong separation
• 別れ話 (わかればなし) talk about divorce or separation
• 喧嘩別れ (けんかわかれ) parting ways after a quarrel
• 別 (わけ) lord (hereditary title for imperial descendants in outlying regions)
• 稜威言別 (いつのことわき) Notes on the Songs of the Kojiki and the Nihonshoki (by Tachibana Moribe, 1850)
• 稜威道別 (いつのちわき) The Parting Ways of Power (by Tachibana Moribe, 1844)

544 words in all.

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