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分别

fēn bié 1–2

to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart; difference; distinction; in different ways; differently; separately; individually

HSK level
HSK 3
HSK 2.0 level 5 · HSK 3.0 level 3
Characters
2
分 · 别
Syllables
2
fēn bié
Frequency
Less common
corpus count 2,885

Part of speech: d,v

Character by character

  • 分fēn4 strokesHSK 1divide; small unit of time etc.
  • 别bié7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 別separate, other; do not

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 分别. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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