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 Phonetic component
dǎi malicious
bad, vicious, depraved, wicked
Depicts bones.
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Historical Evolution
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Bronze
Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
列 [liè]
to arrange; to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row
Japanese
noun
- row; line; file; column; queue; rank; procession
- company (of someone); group; ranks
- sequence
counter
- counter for rows
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
列 ならぶ
Narabu given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
系列 [xìliè] #2,908
series
以色列 [Yǐsèliè] #5,293
Israel
列车 [lièchē] #4,731
(railway) train
列车 [lièchē] #4,731
(railway) train
一系列 [yīxìliè] #48,886
a series of
列入 [lièrù] #11,790
to include on a list
排列 [páiliè] #10,420
to arrange in order
序列 [xùliè] #8,343
sequence
列为 [lièwéi] #11,302
to be classified as
列为 [lièwéi] #11,302
to be classified as
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 並ぶ [ならぶ] #805
to line up
⭐ 行列 [ぎょうれつ] #7,241
line
⭐ 連なる [つらなる] #7,348
to extend
⭐ 列車 [れっしゃ] #8,462
train
一列 [いちれつ] #13,303
(a) row
⭐ 整列 [せいれつ] #13,433
standing in a row
隊列 [たいれつ] #13,473
rank (of troops)
⭐ 羅列 [られつ] #16,233
enumeration
⭐ 序列 [じょれつ] #16,625
rank
⭐ 最前列 [さいぜんれつ] #18,031
front row
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