列
liè HSK4

arrange

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approved by Prismcool · May 18, 2024, 06:03 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on May 18, 2024, 06:03 AM

Changed etymology

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Original meaning: break apart

Depicts breaking apart bones (歹) using a knife (刂). 歹 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "break apart". The meaning later shifted to "arrange in order" and "list".

Components

歹
歹 SoundIconic component

Depicts bones.

Change in sound
刂
刂 Iconic component

刂 is a component form of 刀.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Jin 266-420 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartljet[r][e]t tear apart; rank

說文解字

《說文》：“列，分解也。从刀，聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.355
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)