Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
214 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 別 【ベツ】 distinction, difference, discrimination, separate, different, another, extra, exception, exclusion, classified by, ranked by, according to
  • 別院 【ベツイン】 branch temple
  • 無差別 【ムサベツ】 indiscrimination, without discrimination, indiscriminate
  • 告別 【コクベツ】 farewell, leave-taking

Kun reading compounds

  • 別れる 【わかれる】 to part (usu. of people), to part from, to part with, to be apart from, to separate (of a couple), to break up, to divorce, to lose (e.g. one's mother), to be bereaved
  • 分ける 【わける】 to divide (into), to split (into), to part, to separate, to divide up, to classify, to sort out, to divide out, to share, to distribute, to deal out, to dish out, to distinguish, to discriminate, to differentiate (between), to break up (a fight), to mediate, to call a draw, to tie, to push one's way through (a crowd), to sell

Readings

Japanese names:
べっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bie2
Korean:
byeol

Spanish

  • separar
  • aparte
  • distinto
  • dividirse

Portuguese

  • separar
  • ramo desligado
  • divergir
  • garfo
  • outro
  • extra
  • especialmente

French

  • séparer
  • spécialement
  • diverger
  • extra
  • un autre
508 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
607 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
579 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
255 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
674 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
288 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
127 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
435 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
267 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
267 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
397 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
188 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1434 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
760 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1032 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
91 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1924 Morohashi
1117 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
467 New Nelson (John Haig)
90 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
94 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
227 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
490 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3743 2001 Kanji
2f5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-2 SKIP code
6220.0 Four corner code
1-42-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5225 Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
ceremony, rule, affair, case, a matter
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
739 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 儀 【ギ】 ceremony, matter, affair, case, with regard to, as for, as concerns
  • 儀式 【ギシキ】 ceremony, rite, ritual, service
  • 奥義 【オウギ】 secret techniques (of an art or skill), inner mysteries, essence, quintessence, heart
  • 祭儀 【サイギ】 rites, ritual

Readings

Japanese names:
のり、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi2
Korean:
eui

Spanish

  • regla
  • norma
  • etiqueta
  • ceremonia
  • modelo de astros

Portuguese

  • cerimônia
  • regra
  • romance
  • caso
  • uma matéria

French

  • cérémonie
  • règle
  • affaire
  • cas
  • matière
  • manières
1137 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1311 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
554 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1252 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1071 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2255 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
727 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
740 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
936 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
137 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
191 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
124 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
147 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
993 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1172 Morohashi
169 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
324 New Nelson (John Haig)
984 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1059 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1747 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2159 2001 Kanji
2a13.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-13 SKIP code
2825.3 Four corner code
1-21-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5100 Unicode hex code