別
separate, different
- 口mouth
- 力bent bone
- 刂knife
- kun
- わか.れるwaka.reru
- on
- ベツbetsu
mnemonic
A KNIFE (刂) cuts a MOUTH (口) and a BENT BONE (力) apart: joints SEPARATED, pieces DIFFERENT. "Betsu" (ベツ) as in betsu ni, not especially, and tokubetsu, special.
examples
- 別べつbetsudifferent
- 別にべつにbetsuninot particularly
- 特別とくべつtokubetsuspecial