Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    distinction; favoritism; favouritism; discrimination

    みんな手があり、足があり、頭があるんだし、みんな歩きもするし、話もするんだもの。でも、今や、これらの人たちを分け隔てようとする何かがあるわ。
    They all have arms, legs, and heads, and they walk and talk, but now there's SOMETHING that wants to make them different.

Also written 別け隔て【わけへだて】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100

Kun
わ.けるわ.けわ.かれるわ.かるわ.かつ
On
ブンフン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
24 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

いたわけ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-2SKIP code
2o2.1The Kanji Dictionary
8022.7Four corner code
2045deroo
5206Unicode hex code
1-42-12JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
578Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
454New Nelson (John Haig)
1972New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2466Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1247Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1713Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
781Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
844Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
35A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
64Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
35Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1853Morohashi
199A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
38Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
38Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
133sakade
22Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
218henshall3
101Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
28crowley
26Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.2busy_people
180Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
788Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fen1, fen4Pinyin reading
bunKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

isolate, alternate, distance, separate, gulf

Kun
へだ.てるへだ.たる
On
カク
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1382 of 2500
Radical
mound
WaniKani
Level 49

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-10, 1-2-10SKIP code
2d10.2The Kanji Dictionary
7122.7Four corner code
3653deroo
9694Unicode hex code
1-19-54JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5016Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6475New Nelson (John Haig)
671New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
827Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
480Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
615Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1312Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1409Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1608A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1753Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41783XMorohashi
1078A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1589Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1696Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1879Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1683Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1236Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
748Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1321Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ge2Pinyin reading
gyeogKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
49WaniKani level