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別

別 — byeol

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
다를/나눌 별
Romanization
byeol
English
separate, other; do not
Mandarin
bié
Japanese on'yomi
ベツ, ヘツ, ベチ
Japanese kun'yomi
わか.れる わ.ける
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#214 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Radical
刀 (18, 5 residual)
Unicode
U+5225

How 別 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 別 as a ideographic compound involving 冎, 刀.

Korean example words with 別

  • 별가別家 Korean gloss: 딴 집
  • 별도別途 Korean gloss: 딴 방면
  • 호별戶別 Korean gloss: 집집마다
  • 별래別來 Korean gloss: 헤어진 뒤
  • 별욕別辱 Korean gloss: 갖가지 욕
  • 별종別種 Korean gloss: 다른 종류
  • 별후別後 Korean gloss: 헤어진 뒤
  • 별고別故 Korean gloss: 특별한 사고
  • 별과別過 Korean gloss: 별다른 잘못
  • 별명別命 Korean gloss: 별도의 명령
  • 별취別趣 Korean gloss: 별다른 취미
  • 반별班別 Korean gloss: 반마다 따로따로

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 別

  • 特別とくべつ special; particular; extraordinary
  • 告別こくべつ farewell; leave-taking
  • 差別さべつ distinction; differentiation; discrimination
  • 個別こべつ individual; separate; personal
  • 別にべつに (not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially
  • 別れわかれ parting (of people); separation; farewell
  • 別荘べっそう holiday house; vacation home; villa
  • 別表べっぴょう annexed (statistical) table
  • 性別せいべつ (distinction of) sex; gender
  • 区別くべつ distinction; differentiation; discrimination
  • 別々べつべつ separate; respective; different
  • 別個べっこ another; different; separate

Other hanja read “별”

Other hanja with radical 刀

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