Read Edit View history 別 biéBié HSK1 separate Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a knife (刂) cutting meat off of a bone （冎）. Pinyin Separate values with commas bié ×biè × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 别 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 別 Simp strokes 別 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint 刂 is a component form of 刀. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 別 Simp strokes 別 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 別 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 180, 701 ], [ 206, 682 ], [ 219, 661 ], [ 263, 491 ] ], [ [ 237, 702 ], [ 267, 693 ], [ 418, 737 ], [ 445, 733 ], [ 476, 704 ], [ 447, 617 ], [ 421, 604 ] ], [ [ 281, 523 ], [ 297, 539 ], [ 415, 569 ], [ 479, 566 ] ], [ [ 309, 482 ], [ 333, 448 ], [ 304, 349 ], [ 262, 265 ], [ 187, 171 ], [ 140, 129 ], [ 66, 80 ] ], [ [ 356, 403 ], [ 379, 412 ], [ 449, 401 ], [ 480, 383 ], [ 491, 366 ], [ 453, 175 ], [ 424, 91 ], [ 402, 59 ], [ 381, 41 ], [ 267, 101 ] ], [ [ 602, 608 ], [ 633, 575 ], [ 637, 561 ], [ 638, 304 ], [ 644, 261 ] ], [ [ 770, 816 ], [ 827, 771 ], [ 825, 473 ], [ 837, 64 ], [ 817, 11 ], [ 790, 18 ], [ 686, 68 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 228 704 Q 216 708 187 712 Q 174 715 171 709 Q 164 703 174 687 Q 207 621 228 537 Q 232 509 250 491 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