ChiramiN4 kanji · 7 strokes
別 means separate, another
別
別Memory trick
A knife cutting meat off the bone: to separate, another.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- separate, branch off, diverge, fork
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 4 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) わかれる wakareru
わかれる (wakareru) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: わける wakeru
From Chinese (onyomi) ベツ betsu
ベツ (betsu) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
別れる わかれる · wakareru
to part, to part from
Built from
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刂 Used in 43 kanji
See all 3 at N5 and N4力 Used in 35 kanji
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What does 別 mean?
Right: 別 means separate, another.Not quite: 別 means separate, another.In 別れる, which reading does 別 use?
Right. 別れる is read わかれる (wakareru): 別 takes わか, its Japanese reading, with れる after it.Not quite. 別れる is read わかれる (wakareru): 別 takes わか, its Japanese reading, with れる after it.