Chinese Character Wiki
别

bié, biè

separate

Simplified form of 別. Depicts a knife (刂) cutting meat off of a bone (另).

Components
另 iconic component

另  Iconic component

lìng

  

(bones), another

Depicts a bone.

刂 iconic component

刂  Iconic component

dāo

  

knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Evolution

别 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
别 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
别 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
别 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
别 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

别 (別) 

bié

separate, other; do not; to leave; to depart; to separate; to distinguish; to classify; other; another; don't ...!; to pin; to stick (sth) in

别 (別) 

Bié

surname Bie

别 (彆) 

biè

to make sb change their ways, opinions etc

Most common words with 别
Freq.
Word
Meaning

别

to leave

别人

others

特别

especially

分别

to distinguish

别的

else

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

捌

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

捌

Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 99.8238% of movies

79th most common character in movies

222nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

別

Unicode

U+522B


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