| Chinese Text Project |
| 別 U+5225 |  Seal script | 别 Simplified character | 𠔁 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 刀+ 5 strokes = 7 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.499#47 p.500#4 Kangxi: p.138#12 Cihai: p.179r4c01 GSR: 292.a Hanyu: v1,p0328#13 |
| Composition: | Left: 𠮠, right: ⺉. Component of: 𡷘 𡋾 㭭 𥒻 𥞲 𥦂 𫊽 𧧸 𪿍 𨴾 𩷤 |
| Mandarin: | bié ㄅㄧㄝˊ |
| Cantonese: | bit6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *bhyɛt |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·刀部·五》別：〔古文〕𠔁《唐韻》方別切《集韻》《韻會》筆別切《正韻》必列切，𠀤鞭入聲。《說文》分解也。《玉篇》分別也。《增韻》辨也。《禮·曲禮》日月以告君，以厚其別也。《爾雅·釋山》小山別大山，鮮。《疏》謂小山與大山不相連屬者名鮮。《淮南子·齊俗訓》宰庖之切割分別也。《晉·仲長敖覈性賦》同稟氣質，無有區別。又傅別，謂券書也。《周禮·天官·小宰》八成，聽稱責以傳別。《註》鄭曰：爲大手書於一札，中字別之。又《唐韻》《集韻》《韻會》皮列切《正韻》避列切，𠀤便入聲。《玉篇》離也。《增韻》解也，訣也。《江淹·別賦》黯然銷䰟者，惟別而已矣。《宋·謝惠連·夜集歎乖詩》詩人詠踟躕，搔首歌離別。《梁荀濟贈隂梁州詩》已作金蘭契，何言雲雨別。 |
| Fanqie: | 彼列 (《四書章句集注·論語集注·為政第二》) 必列 (《四書章句集注·論語集注·子張第十九》) 彼列 (《四書章句集注·孟子集注·滕文公章句上》) 彼列 (《四書章句集注·孟子集注·滕文公章句上》) |
| Unihan definition: | separate, other; do not |
Example usage
| 《論語·為政》: | 不敬，何以別乎？ |
| Without reverence, what is there to distinguish the one support given from the other? | |
| 《孟子·滕文公上》: | 聖人有憂之，使契為司徒，教以人倫：父子有親，君臣有義，夫婦有別，長幼有序，朋友有信。 |
| This was a subject of anxious solicitude to the sage Shun, and he appointed Xie to be the Minister of Instruction, to teach the relations of humanity: how, between father and son, there should be affection; between sovereign and minister, righteousness; between husband and wife, attention to their separate functions; between old and young, a proper order; and between friends, fidelity. | |
| 《禮記·三年問》: | 曰：稱情而立文，因以飾群，別親疏貴踐之節，而不可損益也。 |
| The different rules for the mourning rites were established in harmony with (men's) feelings. By means of them the differences in the social relations are set forth, and the distinctions shown of kindred as nearer or more distant, and of ranks as more noble or less. They do not admit of being diminished or added to. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 聖人虎別，其文炳也。 |
| The sage is in the tiger class, his stripes (wen) are bright and distinct. | |
| 《論衡·率性》: | 然而道人消爍五石，作五色之玉，比之真玉，光不殊別。 |
| But the Daoists melt five kinds of stones, and make five-coloured gems out of them. Their lustre, if compared with real gems, does not differ. | |
| 《墨子·經上》: | 止，因以別道。 |
| Fix the criterion in order to 'separate the roads'. | |
| 《莊子·外物》: | 接其鬢，壓其顪，儒以金椎控其頤，徐別其頰，無傷口中珠 |
| Thereupon they took hold of the whiskers and pulled at the beard, while the superior introduced a piece of fine steel into the chin, and gradually separated the jaws, so as not to injure the pearl in the mouth. | |
| 《商君書·說民》: | 別而規之者，姦也。 |
| To differ from, and to spy upon, others is what the wicked do. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 帝禹為夏后而別氏，姓姒氏。 |
| And Emperor Yu was Xiahou (prince of Xia); and he had also the name Si (sister-in-law). | |
| 《荀子·性惡》: | 天非私齊魯之民而外秦人也，然而於父子之義，夫婦之別，不如齊魯之孝具敬文者，何也？ |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 黃帝詔伶倫作為音律，伶倫自大夏之西，乃之崑崙之陰，取竹於嶰谷，以生竅厚薄均者，斷兩節間，其長九寸而吹之，以為黃鐘之宮，日含少次，制十二管，以崑崙之下，聽鳳之鳴，以別十二律，其雄鳴為六，雌鳴亦六，以比黃鐘之宮，適合黃鐘之宮，皆可生之，而律之本也。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 不別先後，賤其無人心也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷二》: | 若夫君臣之義，父子之親，男女之別，切瑳而不舍也。 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 孔子曰：「上敬老則下益孝，上順齒則下益悌，上樂施則下益諒，上親賢則下擇友，上好德則下不隱，上惡貪則下恥爭，上強果則下廉恥，民皆有別，則貞、則正，亦不勞矣，此謂七教。」 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 士賤不得體君之尊，故加元以別諸侯之士也。 |
| 《新書·大政上》: | 故夫言與行者，知愚之表也，賢不肖之別也。 |
| 《新序·義勇》: | 御曰：「夫子絕知伯而去之三年矣，今反死之，是絕屬無別也。」 |
| 《中論·覈辯》: | 故辯之為言別也，為其善分別事類而明處之也，非謂言辭切給而以陵蓋人也。 |
| 《孔子家語·相魯》: | 長幼異食，強弱異任，男女別塗。 |
| 《潛夫論·賢難》: | 俾使一朝奇政兩集，則險隘之徒，闒茸之質，亦將別矣。 |
| 《太玄經·太玄瑩》: | 陰陽曰合其判，從橫曰緯其經，晦明曰別其材。 |
| 《風俗通義·三皇》: | 伏者、別也，變也。 |
| 《孔叢子·論書》: | 夫不讀《詩》、《書》、《易》、《春秋》，則不知聖人之心，又無以別堯舜之禪、湯武之伐也。 |
| 《申鑒·時事》: | 古今先師，義一而已，異家別說不同，而皆自謂古今。 |
| 《忠經·辨忠章》: | 《書》云：「旌別淑忒。」 |
| 《新語·輔政》: | 世無賢智之君，孰能別其形。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 王者至尊，四號之別名。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 公侯大夫各有差別。 |
| 《魯勝墨辯注敘》: | 名者所以別同異、明是非，道義之門，政化之準繩也。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 男女之別，男尊女卑，故以男為貴。 |
| 《鶡冠子·泰錄》: | 分物紀名，文聖明別，神聖之齊也，法天居地，去方錯圓，神聖之鑒也，象說名物，成功遂事，隱彰不相離，神聖之教也。 |
| 《文子·精誠》: | 老子曰：昔黃帝之治天下，理日月之行，治陰陽之氣，節四時之度，正律曆之數，別男女，明上下，使強不掩弱，眾不暴寡，民保命而不夭，歲時熟而不凶，百官正而無私，上下調而無尤，法令明而不闇，輔佐公而不阿，田者讓畔，道不拾遺，市不預賈，故於此時，日月星辰不失其行，風雨時節，五穀豐昌，鳳皇翔於庭，麒麟游於郊。 |
| 《文始真經·三極》: | 殊不知聖人鄙雜廁，別分居，所以為人，不以此為己。 |
| 《列仙傳·嘯父》: | 臨上三亮，上與梁母別，列數十火而升西，邑多奉祀之。 |
| 《鬻子》: | 人而不善者謂之獸，有天然後有地，有地然後有別，有別然後有義，有義然後有教，有教然後有道，有道然後有理，有理然後有數。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 無所分別。 |
| 《韓非子·有度》: | 人主釋法用私，則上下不別矣。 |
| 《管子·山國軌》: | 桓公曰：「何謂別群軌，相壤宜？」 |
| 《吳子·料敵》: | 若此之等，選而別之，愛而貴之，是謂軍命。 |
| 《六韜·盈虛》: | 旌別淑德，表其門閭。 |
| 《尉繚子·兵教上》: | 舉功別德，明如白黑，令民從上令，如四肢應心也。 |
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