別
See also: 别
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Translingual
Han character
別 (radical 18 刀+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口尸中弓 (RSLN), four-corner 62200, composition ⿰𠮠刂)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 138, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1924
- Dae Jaweon: page 312, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 328, character 13
- Unihan data for U+5225
Chinese
| trad. | 別 | |
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| simp. | 别* | |
| alt. forms | 𠛰 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 別 | ||
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| Shang | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Qin slip script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (别) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 捌 | *preːd, *praːd |
| 哵 | *preːd |
| 別 | *pred, *bred |
| 莂 | *pred |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 冎 (“bone”) + 刂 (“knife”) – to cut up bone and flesh.
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *brat (“cut apart, cut open”). Cognate to 八 (OC *preːd, “to divide; to differentiate”), 列 (OC *red), 裂 (OC *red).
Pronunciation
Definitions
別
- † to cut apart; to divide up
- to divide; to separate
- to distinguish; to differentiate; to discriminate
- distinction; difference; contrast
- group; class; kind
- to leave; to part
- to see someone off
- to pin; to clip
- to turn; to change
- to stick something in; to bolt
- (Min Nan) to interpret (one's fortune); to predicate
- ⇒ 逼
- 別籤詩 / 别签诗 [Min Nan] ― piat chhiam-si [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to interpret lottery poetry (poetry associated with fortune sticks)
- another; other
- special; unique; peculiar; particular
- misspelled; erroneous
- besides; in addition
- by oneself; on one's own; separately
- had better not; do not; don't
- particle used with 是 after it to express supposition, often an imagined unfavourable scenario
- A surname.
Synonyms
Compounds
Derived terms from 別
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 別 – see 彆 (“to make someone change their opinion; to dissuade”). (This character, 別, is a variant form of 彆.) |
Japanese
Kanji
別
Readings
Compounds
Adjective
別 (-na inflection, hiragana べつ, rōmaji betsu)
Inflection
Inflection of 別
| Stem forms | |||
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| Imperfective (未然形) | 別だろ | べつだろ | betsu daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 別で | べつで | betsu de |
| Terminal (終止形) | 別だ | べつだ | betsu da |
| Attributive (連体形) | 別な | べつな | betsu na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 別なら | べつなら | betsu nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | 別であれ | べつであれ | betsu de are |
| Key constructions | |||
| Informal negative | 別ではない 別じゃない |
べつではない べつじゃない |
betsu de wa nai betsu ja nai |
| Informal past | 別だった | べつだった | betsu datta |
| Informal negative past | 別ではなかった 別じゃなかった |
べつではなかった べつじゃなかった |
betsu de wa nakatta betsu ja nakatta |
| Formal | 別です | べつです | betsu desu |
| Formal negative | 別ではありません 別じゃありません |
べつではありません べつじゃありません |
betsu de wa arimasen betsu ja arimasen |
| Formal past | 別でした | べつでした | betsu deshita |
| Formal negative past | 別ではありませんでした 別じゃありませんでした |
べつではありませんでした べつじゃありませんでした |
betsu de wa arimasen deshita betsu ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | 別で | べつで | betsu de |
| Conditional | 別なら（ば） | べつなら（ば） | betsu nara (ba) |
| Provisional | 別だったら | べつだったら | betsu dattara |
| Volitional | 別だろう | べつだろう | betsu darō |
| Adverbial | 別に | べつに | betsu ni |
| Degree | 別さ | べつさ | betsusa |
Adverb
別 (hiragana べつ, rōmaji betsu)
- not particularly; not specially (used with a negative verb)
Derived terms
- 別に (betsu ni)
Noun
別 (hiragana べつ, rōmaji betsu)
- difference, another, exception
Korean
Hanja
別 • (byeol) (hangeul 별, revised byeol, McCune–Reischauer pyŏl)
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Vietnamese
Han character
別 (biệt, biết, bét, bết, bệt, bịt, bẹt, bít)
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