别 bié
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 另 another 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
别人
biérén
other people, others
Characters in this word
人 rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 人 — man, person
- Made of
- 丿 slash ㇏
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这是别人的书。 Zhè shì biéren de shū. This is someone else's book.
- 别人在睡觉。 Biérén zài shuìjiào. The others are sleeping.
- 不要问别人。 Bú yào wèn biérén. Don't ask other people.