Entry
  1. Noun

    separate matter

  2. different meaning

  3. special reason; special circumstances

    Obsolete term

Also written 別義【べつぎ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially

Kun
わか.れるわ.ける
On
ベツ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N4
Frequency
214 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

べっ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-5-2SKIP code
2f5.3The Kanji Dictionary
6220.0Four corner code
3743deroo
5225Unicode hex code
1-42-44JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
674Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
467New Nelson (John Haig)
1117New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1434Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
760Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1032Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
90Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
94Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
255A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
435Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
288Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1924Morohashi
579A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
267Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
267Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
508sakade
127Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
607henshall3
490Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
227crowley
397Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.12busy_people
188Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
91Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bie2Pinyin reading
byeolKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

ceremony, rule, affair, case, a matter

On
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
739 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 41

Built from

Used in names as

のりよし

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-2-13SKIP code
2a13.4The Kanji Dictionary
2825.3Four corner code
2159deroo
5100Unicode hex code
1-21-23JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
554Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
324New Nelson (John Haig)
169New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
191Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
124Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
147Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
984Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1059Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1311A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2255Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1252Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1172Morohashi
1137A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
727Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
740Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1071Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1747Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
936Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
137Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
993Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi2Pinyin reading
euiKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
41WaniKani level