Dong Chinese dictionary

bié

separate

Depicts a knife (刂) cutting meat off of a bone （冎）.

Components

冎 Iconic component

guǎ

bone

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 冎 than it was in ancient scripts.

刂 Iconic component

dāo

knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

bié

separate, other; do not; to leave; to depart; to separate; to distinguish; to classify; other; another; don't ...!; to pin; to stick (sth) in

Bié

surname Bie

Most common words with 別

Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.336