釆 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

biàn

distinguish

Depicts a hand (又) feeling for something in the sand (少).

Components

又 Iconic component

yòu hand

Depicts a hand.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 又 than it was in ancient scripts.

少 Iconic component

shǎo, shao, shào few

Used here to depict grains of sand.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 少 than it was in ancient scripts.

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	beanH	[b]ˤre[n]-s	discriminate

《說文》：“釆，辨別也。象獸指爪分別也。讀若辨。，古文釆。”