别

See also: 別

别 U+522B, 别 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-522B ← 刪 [U+522A] CJK Unified Ideographs 刬 → [U+522C]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

别 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口尸中弓 (RSLN) or 難口尸中弓 (XRSLN), composition ⿰另刂)

Derived characters

• 𬾋, 𡌀, 𭠻, 𦛺, 𥇂, 𦖇, 𰵬, 𨡊, 𨧢, 𠣶, 𤿱, 𰃡, 𰓲, 䇷

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 138, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1925
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 328, character 13
• Unihan data for U+522B

Chinese

Glyph origin

Variant of 別, where 𠮠 is replaced with the visually-similar 另.

Officially adopted as the simplified form of 彆 in the Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (《漢字簡化方案》) in 1956.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 别 – see 別 (“to divide; to separate; to distinguish; to differentiate; to discriminate; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 別).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 别 – see 彆 (“ends of bow; to make somebody change their opinion; to dissuade; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 彆).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

别

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 別

Readings

• On (unclassified): べつ (betsu); べち (bechi)
• Kun: わかれる (wakareru); わける (wakeru); わかれ (wakare)

References

• Family Register Unified Characters (戸籍統一文字) 022700

Korean

Hanja

别 (eum 별 (byeol))

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Vietnamese

Han character

别: Hán Nôm readings: biệt

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