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

9 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
Variants:
villa, inn, cottage, feudal manor, solemn, dignified
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1489 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 荘 【ショウ】 manor, villa
  • 荘園 【ショウエン】 manor, demesne
  • 山荘 【サンソウ】 mountain villa, mountain retreat, mountain cottage
  • 山水荘 【サンスイソウ】 The Sansui Inn
  • 荘 【ショウ】 manor, villa
  • 荘園 【ショウエン】 manor, demesne
  • 荘 【チャン】 counter for games of mahjong
  • 荘風牌 【チャンフォンパイ】 tile matching the round wind
  • 半荘 【ハンチャン】 half-game consisting of an east and south round
  • 連チャン 【レンチャン】 repeated events (e.g. meetings, drinking sessions), series of events, streak, straight, dealer continuing as dealer and east after winning, dealer keep

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhuang1
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • majestuoso
  • solemne
  • posada
  • villa

Portuguese

  • palacete
  • pousada
  • casa de campo
  • mansão feudal

French

  • villa
  • auberge
  • maison de campagne
  • manoir féodal
1515 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1208 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3938 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1058 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1701 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
933 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1327 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1410 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1369 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
653 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2814 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1449 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1954 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
328 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30890 Morohashi
2262 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5031 New Nelson (John Haig)
322 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
344 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1292 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1972 2001 Kanji
3k6.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
4411.4 Four corner code
1-33-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8358 Unicode hex code