Japanese Kanji
別betsu
separate · branch off · diverge
Grade 4 · JLPT N3 · 7 strokes
Separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially.
別 is part of the elementary school jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N3 (intermediate) level. With 7 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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