別字

See also: 别字

Chinese

Etymology 1

other; distinguish; contrary
other; distinguish; contrary; difficult; awkward; leave; depart; separate; classify; another; do not; must not; to pin
 
letter; symbol; character
letter; symbol; character; word
 
trad. (別字)
simp. (别字)

Pronunciation


Noun

別字

  1. typo; misspelt word or character
  2. variant or alternative form of a word or character
  3. (dated) another name; alias
Synonyms
  • (typo):
  • (another name):

Etymology 2

other; distinguish; contrary
other; distinguish; contrary; difficult; awkward; leave; depart; separate; classify; another; do not; must not; to pin
 
letter; symbol; character
letter; symbol; character; word
 
trad. (別字)
simp. (别字)

Pronunciation


Verb

別字

  1. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to perform glyphomancy; to tell fortunes by disassembling Chinese characters
Synonyms

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 捌字 (“to learn to read; to know how to read”).
(This term is a variant form of 捌字).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
べつ
Grade: 4

Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(べつ)() • (betsuji

  1. different character
    (どう)(けい)(べつ)()
    dōkei betsuji
    heteronymous character; unrelated character with an identical shape

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 別字”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

別字 • (byeolja) (hangeul 별자)

  1. hanja form? of 별자