The invention concerns a semiconductor chip (100) with a semiconductor body (2) having a semiconductor layer sequence, and with a substrate body (4) and at least one upper side contact (8). In projection the semiconductor chip (100) has a shape which deviates from a rectangular shape. The invention also concerns a method of separating a composite into a plurality of semiconductor chips (100) along a separation pattern (15) with the steps enabling a plurality of semiconductor chips according to the invention to be produced.