Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N4

214 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially

Kunyomi: わか.れる わ.ける

Onyomi: ベツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: りっとう

Meaning: knife, sword

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

な(とくべつな)   special

な(べつな)   different, another

々に(べつべつに)   separately

に(こべつに)   individually

離(べつり)   parting

荘(べっそう)   summer home

世界(べっせかい)   another world

する(さべつする)   discriminate

する(くべつする)   differentiate

居する(べっきょする)   separate (i.e. a married couple)

れる(わかれる)   be divided, part from

Onyomi Examples

ベツ distinction, difference, discrimination, separate, different, another, extra, exception, exclusion, classified by, ranked by, according to

ベツイン branch temple

無差 ムサベツ indiscrimination, without discrimination, indiscriminate

コクベツ farewell, leave-taking

Kunyomi Examples

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