副
とりわけ · toriwake · JLPT N1 · noun
especially
取り分け = take + divide: pull one out of the group, it stands above the rest
The kanji 取り分け mean take out and divide. You separate one item from the others and single it out as the most important, hence especially or above all.
副 — 刀 knife + 畐 (full vessel, phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The knife radical 刂 (刀) suggests cutting or splitting, while 畐 (a full jar) gives the sound. The original sense was 'to split in two,' which extended to 'secondary' or 'deputy' — something paired alongside the main one.