# 別字
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): biézì
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄗˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bit$^6$ zi$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pia̍t-lī / pia̍t-jī
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$biq-zy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: biézì
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄗˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: biézìh
*** Wade–Giles: pieh$^2$-tzŭ$^4$
*** Yale: byé-dz̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byetzyh
*** Palladius: бецзы (beczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bit$^6$ zi$^6$
*** Yale: biht jih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bit$^9$ dzi$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bid$^6$ ji$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /piːt̚² t͡siː²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pia̍t-lī
*** Tâi-lô: pia̍t-lī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: piadli
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛt̚²⁴⁻² li⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /piɛt̚⁴⁻³² li²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pia̍t-jī
*** Tâi-lô: pia̍t-jī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: piadji
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zi²²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$biq-zy
*** MiniDict: bih$^入$ zy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$biq-zr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /biɪʔ¹¹ zz̩²³/

#### Noun

別字
* typo; misspelt word or character
* variant or alternative form of a word or character
* (dated) another name; alias

##### Synonyms

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

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

#### Verb

別字
* (Quanzhou Hokkien) to perform glyphomancy; to tell fortunes by disassembling Chinese characters

##### Synonyms

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

### Noun

別(べつ)字(じ) • (betsuji)
* different character
    同(どう)形(けい)別(べつ)字(じ)
       dōkei betsuji
       heteronymous character; unrelated character with an identical shape

### References

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

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 別 | 字 |

### Noun

別字 • (byeolja) (hangeul 별자)
* hanja form of 별자