Character Contained In References Comments
Simplified Traditional Ancient forms Archaic forms
traditional formhandwritten form

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
刀 歹 ⿰歹⺉
Mandarin
lie4, li4
English
Definitions
series; row; to arrange; file; to line up; a row; a line; to arrange in order; classify
Mnemonic
Divide up fragmented bones 歹 with a knife 刀
Etymology
Notes
This character originally contained a variant of wicked 歹 that showed river 川 on top – shuowen lists this character as a phonetic; knife 刀 indicates dividing