The kanji 別: meaning, readings and stroke order
別
- Meaning
- separate, part ways
- On reading
- ベツ betsu
- Kun reading
- わか(れる) wakareru
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刀 knife, sword
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- khác, chia tay (biệt)
- Japanese
- べつ。わかれる。
- Korean
- 다르다, 헤어지다 (별)
- Chinese
- 另外、分别 (别)
Readings, words and example sentences
ベツ betsu · on reading
特別
special
今日は 特別な 日です。
Today is a special day.
わか(れる) wakareru · kun reading
別れる
to say goodbye, to part
駅で 友だちと 別れました。
I said goodbye to my friend at the station.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.