example

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

is a component form of .

列 sound component

  Sound component

liè

  

arrange

Evolution

例 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
例 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

precedent, example; regulation; example; precedent; rule; case; instance

Most common words with 例
Freq.
Word
Meaning

example

比例

scale

例如

for example

例子

case

例外

exception