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-<WL>乖 [guāi] clever; (乖乖 guāiguāi) obedient, well-behaved
+<WL>乖 [guāi] 乖戾 perverse/contrary; 乖异 strange/different; 乖巧 clever/cute; 乖乖 darling, well-behaved
-乖 guāi has several meanings which don’t seem to fit together: ‘well-behaved’; ‘clever’; and ‘perverse’ (as in 乖戾 guāilì). Karlgren says primitive meaning was ‘backbone’: “Backbone; turn the back on, obstinate; perverse, wicked, strange, cunning”.
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 乖(􀧶𦭅) guāi ‘perverse’ (乖戾) combines 𦫳(􀧵𠁥) guǎi ‘(goat/ram) horns’ (羊角), and 𠔁(􀋶) bié ‘differentiate’ (分別).
-	The shape is supposed to be from the top of 羊, plus 八 doubled: “Ramified (twice 八, division) ram’s horns; odd, singular; 从..., 从重 八 , 分也。The modern character is absurd...” —Wieger.
+	Compare: 𠔁(􀋶) bié ‘differentiate’ (分別), 兆(􀣬􀣫𠧞) zhào ‘omen’ (𠔁/兆 are conflated as Seal components; cf. ⚏).
-	No connection, then, with 千 qiān or 北 běi. Anyway, the meaning ‘well-behaved’ seems like a non sequitur, unless it derives from the meaning ‘clever’.
+	“Backbone; turn the back on, obstinate; perverse, wicked, strange, cunning” –Karlgren (AD).
+	Compare: 𠦬(􂈹) guāi ‘backbone’, as in 脊(􂈺𦟝) jǐ ‘backbone’.
+	Compare: 怪(􁴍) guài ‘strange’ (奇怪); 拐 guǎi ‘crooked’; 鬼(􁣞) guǐ demon/monster (魔鬼).
+	“Ramified (twice 八, division) ram’s horns; odd, singular; 从..., 从重 八 , 分也。The modern character is absurd...” —Wieger.
+	Compare: 千 qiān, 北 běi (these shapes are not traditional components of 乖, though 北 as in 背 as in 违背 is suggestive).
+	HDZ: 乖 : guāi : 违背, 不协调 (cf. 睦: 和为睦, 乖为睽); 分离; 差错; 乖巧, 伶俐; 小孩听说, 顺从 (乖孩子, 小宝贝真乖); (方言) 漂亮
 #rG.094.44 W.103c K.AD439,GSR1240h D.1.38.18 M.3532 KX..83.03 B.082.0.07
 #c千北
-#y gwaai\</WL>
+#y gwaai\
+</WL>