Today’s #kanji is #別, which is a compound ideograph between 冎 and 刂. 冎 apparently is the original form of 骨 (a bone) and 刂 is 刀 (a sword). Do you know what 別 means then? It is listed under #りっとう（刂） in my dictionary.
Meaning: to split up, to branch out
Reading: ベツ（ベッ）、わか
別個（ベッコ）（の）: separate, discrete, different
別人（ベツジン）: another/different person, a new being, a changed person
別（ベツ）に: particularly, in particular, specially
別々（ベツベツ）（の）: separate, each, respective
別名（ベツメイ）: another name, a byname, an alias, a pseudonym
区別（クベツ）: (a) difference, (a) distinction
個別（コベツ）（の）: individual, separate, discrete
差別（サベツ）: a distinction between one thing and another, differentiation between things on the basis of a difference between them, discrimination 《against…》.
別（わか）れ: parting, separation, farewell, leave-taking
別（わか）れる: to split up, to break up
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