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

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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

8 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
counter for cupfuls, wine glass, glass, toast
Kun:
さかずき
On:
ハイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1235 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 杯 【ハイ】 sake cup, cup for alcoholic beverages, counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc., counter for boats, counter for octopuses and squid, cup, championship
  • 杯洗 【ハイセン】 small vessel or bowl in which sake cups are rinsed
  • 賜杯 【シハイ】 Emperor's cup, trophy given by the Emperor
  • 苦杯 【クハイ】 bitter cup, bitter experience, bitter defeat, ordeal

Kun reading compounds

  • 杯 【さかずき】 sake cup, cup for alcoholic beverages
  • 杯洗い 【さかずきあらい】 small vessel or bowl in which sake cups are rinsed
  • べく杯 【べくはい】 sake cup shaped so it cannot be put down until emptied
  • 水杯 【みずさかずき】 farewell cups of water

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bei1
Korean:
bae

Spanish

  • copa
  • vaso
  • taza
  • contador de tazas
  • contador de pulpos/calamares

Portuguese

  • Copo cheio
  • garrafa de vinho
  • garrafa
  • vivas

French

  • compteur de verres
  • coupe à saké
  • verre de vin
  • verre
  • toast
1685 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1135 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2206 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
961 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
622 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1155 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1210 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
983 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1078 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1066 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
574 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
761 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1227 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14497 Morohashi
857 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2586 New Nelson (John Haig)
1219 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1304 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1196 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1854 2001 Kanji
4a4.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
4199.0 Four corner code
1-39-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
676f Unicode hex code