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别

biè

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to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc); (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])

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HSK 3.0
Level 1
Old HSK
Level 2
Strokes
7
Radical
刀 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
別
Common rank
#428
Unicode
U+522B

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Formation & memory

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How 别 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

To draw boundaries 刂 between classes 另

Components 另 刂

How to remember it

don’t · Heisig RSH #739

另 another + 刀 sword

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 别

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
别人 bié ren other people; others; other person
别的 bié de else; other
别有天地 bié yǒu tiān dì enchanting scenery; beautiful surroundings; world of its own
不加区别 bù jiā qū bié indiscriminate
别无长物 bié wú cháng wù to possess nothing except bare necessities; to live a poor or frugal life
别开生面 bié kāi shēng miàn to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path; to break fresh ground
大别山 Dà bié shān Dabie mountain range on the borders of Henan, Anhui and Hubei provinces
别有用心 bié yǒu yòng xīn to have an ulterior motive (idiom)
特别行政区 tè bié xíng zhèng qū special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and M…
性别角色 xìng bié jué sè gender role
汉城特别市 Hàn chéng Tè bié shì Hanseong Special Metropolitan City, old name for Seoul, capital of Korea
首尔特别市 Shǒu ěr Tè bié shì Seoul Special Metropolitan City, official name of the capital of South Korea
济州特别自治道 Jì zhōu tè bié zì zhì dào Jeju island special autonomous province, South Korea, a World Heritage site
别子 bié zi hasp; pendant
区别 qū bié difference; to distinguish; to discriminate; to make a distinction; CL:個|个[ge4]
国别 guó bié nationality; country-specific (history, report etc)
性别比 xìng bié bǐ sex ratio
别无 bié wú to have no other... (used in fixed expressions)
性别 xìng bié sex; gender
别有 bié yǒu to have other...; to have a special ...