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Bronze Jin 266-420 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC Regular Modern
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Original meaning: break apart
Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 歹 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "break apart". The meaning later shifted to "arrange in order" and "list".
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | ljet | [r][e]t | tear apart; rank |
說文解字
《說文》：“列，分解也。从刀，聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)