別 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「刀」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「刀」
- On
- ベツべつ · betsu
- Kun
- わか(れる)waka(reru)
- Meaning
- separate; different; another
Stroke order
Origin
An associative character joining a 'bone' element with 刂 (knife); cutting bone and flesh apart yields 'to separate; different'.
Readings and examples
| Onベツべつbetsu | 別離べつり区別くべつ特別とくべつ |
|---|---|
| Kunわかれるwakareru | 別れるわかれる別れわかれ Compare: 分かれる |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 別々べつべつ
separately; each apart
- 特別とくべつ
special
- 送別そうべつ
- 別冊べっさつ
- 惜別せきべつ
- 別枠べつわく
- 別棟べつむね
- 別荘べっそう
Example
今日は特別な日です。
Today is a special day.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)