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)		別	字
simp. (别字)		别	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biézì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit⁶ zi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pia̍t-lī / pia̍t-jī
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸biq-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biézì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biézìh
    • Wade–Giles: pieh²-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: byé-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byetzyh
    • Palladius: бецзы (beczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bit⁶ zi⁶
    • Yale: biht jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁹ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid⁶ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚² t͡siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pia̍t-lī
    • Tâi-lô: pia̍t-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piadli
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛt̚²⁴⁻² li⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /piɛt̚⁴⁻³² li²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pia̍t-jī
    • Tâi-lô: pia̍t-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piadji
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zi²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸biq-zy
    • MiniDict: bih^入 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵biq-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /biɪʔ¹¹ zz̩²³/

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):

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• 白字 (báizì)
• 錯別字 / 错别字 (cuòbiézì)
• 錯字 / 错字 (cuòzì)

Dialectal synonyms of 別字 (“wrongly written or mispronounced (Chinese) character”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		別字, 白字
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	白字兒, 白字, 別字
	Harbin	白字兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	白字
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	別字
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	白字兒
	Wanrong	白字
	Xi'an	白字
	Xining	白字, 別字
	Xuzhou	白字, 白字兒, 別字, 別字兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	白字
	Lanzhou	白字
	Ürümqi	白字
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	白字, 別字
	Wuhan	白字
	Guiyang	白字, 別字
	Liuzhou	白字
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	白字
	Yangzhou	別字, 白字
Cantonese	Hong Kong	別字, 白字
	Dongguan	別字
Gan	Nanchang	白字
	Pingxiang	白字
Hakka	Yudu	白字, 當字
Huizhou	Jixi	白字
Jin	Taiyuan	白字
	Xinzhou	別字
Northern Min	Jian'ou	白字
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	白字
Southern Min	Xiamen	白字, 別字
	Quanzhou	別字
	Zhangzhou	別字
	Jieyang	白同字
	Haikou	白字
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	白字
Wu	Shanghai	白字
	Shanghai (Chongming)	白字
	Suzhou	白字
	Danyang	白字, 別字
	Hangzhou	白字兒
	Ningbo	白字眼
	Wenzhou	白字
	Jinhua	別字
Xiang	Changsha	白眼字
	Loudi	白眼子字

• (another name):

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• 偏名 (Hokkien, Hakka)
• 別名 / 别名 (biémíng)
• 別號 / 别号 (biéhào) (dated)
• 外號 / 外号 (wàihào)
• 渾名 / 浑名 (húnmíng)
• 綽號 / 绰号
• 花名 (huāmíng)
• 諢名 / 诨名 (hùnmíng)
• 諢號 / 诨号 (hùnhào)
• 體號 / 体号 (Hokkien)

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)		別	字
simp. (别字)		别	字

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piat-lī

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piat-lī
    • Tâi-lô: piat-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piatli
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ li⁴¹/

Verb

別字

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 測字 (“to perform glyphomancy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		測字, 拆字, 相字
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	測字兒
	Taiwan	測字, 拆字
	Harbin	拆字
	Singapore	測字
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	拆字兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	拆字兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	拆字兒
	Xi'an	測字 †
	Xining	測字
	Xuzhou	測字兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	測字 †
	Lanzhou	測字 †
	Ürümqi	測字
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	測字 †
	Wuhan	測字 †
	Guiyang	測字 †
	Liuzhou	測字
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	測字
	Yangzhou	測字 †
Cantonese	Guangzhou	拆字
	Dongguan	測字
Gan	Nanchang	測字
	Lichuan	測字
	Pingxiang	測字
Hakka	Meixian	拆字
	Yudu	測字 †
Huizhou	Jixi	拆字
Jin	Taiyuan	測字 †
	Xinzhou	測字 †
Northern Min	Jian'ou	測字
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	測字
Southern Min	Xiamen	拆字
	Quanzhou	別字
	Zhangzhou	拆字
	Tainan	拆字
	Singapore (Hokkien)	測字
Puxian Min	Putian	測字
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	測字
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	測字
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	測字
	Xianyou	測字
	Xianyou (Fengting)	測字
	Xianyou (Youyang)	測字
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	拆字
Wu	Shanghai	拆字
	Shanghai (Chongming)	拆字
	Suzhou	拆字
	Danyang	測字 †
	Hangzhou	測字 † (new-style)
	Ningbo	測字 †
	Wenzhou	拆字
	Jinhua	測字 †
Xiang	Changsha	測字 † (new-style)
	Loudi	測字 †
Note	† - 測字 and 拆字 are homophonous

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 別字 – 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
別	字
べつ Grade: 4	じ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) べつじ [bètsújí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [be̞t͡sɨʑi]

Noun

別(べつ)字(じ) • (betsuji) 

1. different character

   同(どう)形(けい)別(べつ)字(じ)

   dōkei betsuji

   heteronymous character; unrelated character with an identical shape

Korean

Hanja in this term
別	字

Noun

別字 • (byeolja) (hangeul 별자)

1. hanja form^? of 별자