separate

Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
to compare

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰeʔ
piʔ
bi
briʔ

說文解字

別也。从人比聲。《詩》曰:“有女仳離。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica