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别(F​別) [bié] separate/distinguish (​区别); other (别​人); don't (​不​要) [biè] 别​扭 bièniu awkward/difficult, angry; (HDZ:) …

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The simple-form character 别 (7 strokes) is a variant of the full-form character ​別 (7 strokes), replacing the full-form component ​𠮠 (5 strokes) with a shape like ​另 (5 strokes).
    Note: The simple form 别 has a shape like ​另 (lìng) on the left, where the full form ​別 has the old component ​𠮠(​冎​叧) guǎ.
    The full-form character ​別 is an abbrev. of old forms such as ​𠛰/​剮 (formerly ​剐/​剮 guǎ ‘dismember’), re-used to specify ​別 bié ‘distinguish’, formerly wr. ​𠔁 bié.
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 别/​別(​𠛰) guǎ ‘dismember’ (later wr. ​剐/​剮) combines ​刂(​刀 dāo) ‘knife’ (cut), and ​另/​𠮠/​叧(​冎) guǎ ‘cranium/skull’ (phonosemantic).
    Note: 别/​別(​𠛰) is an old variant of ​剐/​剮(​𠛰) guǎ ‘dismember, cut flesh from bones’, later altered to specify 别/​別 bié ‘separate/distinguish’; in SW compounds the old form ​𠔁 bié is also a variant of ​兆 zhào ‘cracks/omen’.
    Compare: ​䇷 bié ‘(anc.) two-part/divided bamboo token (of authority/treaty)’, also wr. ​莂/​𧧸/​𧭀.
    Compare: ​拐 guǎi ‘turn/limp; limping/walking stick’, ​柺/​枴 guǎi ‘walking stick’.
    “[别] A ​刀 knife cleaving ​另 bones” —Karlgren(AD).
    HDZ: 别 : bié : (SW: cf. ​𠛰: ​分​解) ​分​剖 (​分​开; ​分​析; ​辩​白, ​诉​说); ​离别; ​分​支; ​明​辨, ​区​分; ​区别, ​不​同 (​天​渊​之别); ​类别 (​性别, ​职别); ​另, ​另​外; ​各; ​扭, ​转; ​用别​针​等​把​另​一​样​东​西​附​着…; ​插​住; (​副​词) (​不​要 (别​动, 别​笑, 别​忘​了); (别​是)); ​错​写 (​的​字); ​憋: ​抑​制​住​不​让​出​来; ​㿜: ​干​瘦; ​徧: ​普​遍; (​姓) • biè : ​彆: ​拗, ​不​顺 (cf. 别​扭)
►references: Karlgren:AD728; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.328.13; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:050.0.10; EDOC:0
►components: ​另​刂​​口​力
►Cantonese: biht-
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