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

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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

17 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
sociable, kind, courteous, hospitable, cordial
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1135 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 懇談 【コンダン】 friendly chat, relaxed conversation, informal meeting
  • 懇親 【コンシン】 friendship, intimacy
  • 米懇 【ベイコン】 round table conference on rice price
  • 昵懇 【ジッコン】 intimacy, familiarity, closeness

Kun reading compounds

  • 懇ろ 【ねんごろ】 kind, courteous, hospitable, warmly respectful, intimate, becoming intimate, having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
  • 懇ろになる 【ねんごろになる】 to become intimate with (e.g. a woman), to become acquainted

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ken3
Korean:
gan

Spanish

  • sociable
  • amable
  • cortés
  • hospitalario
  • cordial

Portuguese

  • sociável
  • espécie
  • cordial
  • hospitaleira
  • cortês

French

  • sociable
  • gentil
  • courtois
  • hospitalier
  • cordial
1282 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1170 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1781 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1171 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1325 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1135 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1187 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1799 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
804 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3606 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1851 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2517 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1990 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11326 Morohashi
2899 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2002 New Nelson (John Haig)
1970 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2123 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1868 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2058 2001 Kanji
4k13.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-13-4 SKIP code
2733.3 Four corner code
1-26-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
61c7 Unicode hex code